This is a list of legislation South Carolina Sierra Club is tracking in the 2023-2024 legislative session. 2023 marked the first year of this two year session. The 2024 session began on Tuesday, January 9th and ends on Thursday, May 9th, except for continued budgetary considerations throughout June.
The tracker is current as of 3/28/24. We will actively be updating our priorities early on in the 2024 session.
| Title | Summary | Bill Number | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlawful Permitting - Marine Seismic Testing | H.3184 is a bill which would make it unlawful for a person to approve a plan, license, application, or permit of any kind to construct or use property or infrastructure to facilitate Atlantic Ocean marine seismic testing to locate reserves of oil… | H.3184 | Support |
| DHEC Restructuring | S.399 disbands DHEC, creating separately the Department of Behavioral and Public Health and the Department of Environmental Services. The law retaining citizens' right to ask for pause to environmental permitting decisions, while reviewed, remains… | S.399, Act #60 | No Position |
| State Budget | The SC Sierra Club supported several items in the budget that were passed into law last year and continued to be sustained at current levels or were increased in the 2023 budget request, as well as several line items that may come up which could… | Budget | Support |