The South Carolina House of Representatives prefiled 258 bills and resolutions on December 17, 2025 (H.4563–H.4820), offering an early view of the policy issues likely to shape House committee activity as the 2026 legislative session begins. Taken together, the House prefiled bills reflect a broad, constituent-facing agenda spanning taxation and property relief, criminal justice and court procedure, education governance, health and social policy, technology and consumer regulation, and...

On December 10, 2025, the South Carolina Senate released its first set of prefiled bills for the upcoming 2026 legislative session. This initial slate reflects a comprehensive and coordinated conservative agenda that reaches across nearly every area of state policy. The filings show clear momentum behind several priority themes: public safety, government restructuring, parental rights, and medical autonomy. Criminal justice measures represent the largest share of activity at 23.2 percent of...

This week at the South Carolina State House was a reminder of why committee weeks matter and a signal that pre-legislative session groundwork is already underway. These weeks may not draw headlines, but they shape the bills that will define next session. Alpha Strategies spent the week moving through hearings, tracking votes, participating in work sessions, and piecing together what is rising, what is stalling, and what is quietly becoming the next legislative fight. Here is a recap and what...