SC's regular legislative session ends with the budget, abortion ban still unresolved

SC’s 2026 legislative session closes with Heritage Act expansion, other compromises remain • SC Daily Gazette

South Carolina House Speaker House Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, strikes the House gavel on Thursday, May 14, 2026, the last day of the regular legislative session. (Courtesy of the SC House photographer’s office/Photo by Sam Holland)COLUMBIA — An expansion of a law originally passed to keep Confederate monuments in place marked the final hours of South Carolina’s 2026 legislative session. Still, legislators will return for a special session as they …

SC's regular legislative session ends with the budget, abortion ban still unresolved

A SCDOT modernization bill awaits the governor's signature. Lawmakers return Friday for a special session on the budget and congressional redistricting.

S.C. Closes Legislative Session with Work Left Undone — The Anderson Observer

Jessica Holdman/S.C. Daily GazetteCOLUMBIA — An expansion of a law originally passed to keep Confederate monuments in place marked the final hours of South Carolina’s 2026 legislative session. Still, legislators will return for a special session as they try to hammer out compromises on some of leadership’s remaining priorities.GOP legislators accomplished or have come close to tackling many of their top issues for the year, Senate Majority Leade…