June 2025 Legislative Update

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Action Teams or other advocacy during the recent South Carolina legislative session! 

The bills we would like to have seen become law did not pass, but of the bills we were most concerned about, almost none of them passed either. The school voucher bill, S62, did pass, and it is likely now to be challenged again in the courts. The energy bill, H3309, also passed, but with significant modifications that made it less damaging, thanks to the advocacy of groups like our Climate Justice Action Team partner Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC). The anti-DEI, anti-trans, and anti-abortion bills that had hearings held or scheduled saw significant opposition, and none of those bills passed in this session.   

Don't forget, however, that this was the first year of a two-year cycle, so all of this year's bills will be back again and we will need to be ready to advocate again in 2026. That includes the bills we would like to see as well, such as the hate crimes bill, bills responding to South Carolina's highest-in-the-nation rate of preschool suspensions, and positive economic justice or climate justice bills. 

This session showed again that your advocacy matters, so many thanks again!  

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