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Senate takes up a slate of bill introductions and adopts resolution inviting Gov. Henry Dargan McMaster to a joint session

South Carolina Senate · January 15, 2026

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Summary

Clerk read multiple bill introductions on health, insurance, trust and tax matters; the Senate adopted a concurrent resolution inviting Governor Henry Dargan McMaster to address a joint session on 01/28/2026 and received a House message reporting an override of a veto on expungement of certain handgun-possession charges.

The reading clerk presented a series of bill introductions covering health, insurance, trust law, attorney-advertising disclosures, and tax measures. Notable introductions included a bill by Senator Verdin to require tuberculosis testing procedures for new nursing-home employees and applicants (referred to Medical Affairs), Senator Devine's measure to require diagnostic and supplemental breast examination coverage without cost-sharing (Banking & Insurance), and legislation described as the Family Protection Act (sponsored by Senators Hutto, Saab, Jackson and others) that would expand the earned income tax credit up to $400, make it refundable, remove sales tax on diapers and baby wipes, provide employer hiring incentives for those exiting the Department of Corrections, target maternal mental-health services, and include a sunset with oversight and dependence on annual funding.

The Senate also approved by unanimous consent a concurrent resolution (House Resolution 4917) inviting His Excellency Henry Dargan McMaster, governor of the State of South Carolina, to address the General Assembly in joint session at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 01/28/2026 in the House chamber. The Senate recorded the resolution adopted with no objection.

Separately, the House informed the Senate it had overridden the governor's veto on H86/S136, a bill relating to expungement of certain unlawful possession of a handgun charges that occurred prior to enactment of the South Carolina Constitutional Carry and Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2024; the Senate received that information.

Next steps: Referred bills will proceed to the committees named by the Clerk; the governor's joint session was calendared per the resolution.