ALPHA STRATEGIES | LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE | WEEK 14 Week of April 13, 2026 | South Carolina General Assembly, 126th Session South Carolina lawmakers came back from spring break with a to-do list the size of a phone book and exactly four weeks left to work through it. Welcome to Week 14. The sprinting has officially started. Last week, House members were on furlough while the Senate held a perfunctory session. This week, both chambers gaveled in with purpose. Bills th

ALPHA STRATEGIES | LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE | WEEK 13 Week of April 6, 2026 | South Carolina General Assembly, 126th Session The House left town. The Senate did not. That is the clean version of Week 13. The fuller version is more useful. The House was on furlough. Members went home, worked their districts, and left Columbia to the senators who apparently do not believe in spring break. No drama-heavy floor week. No parade of third readings. Just budget writing, co

ALPHA STRATEGIES | LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE | WEEK 11 Week of March 23, 2026 | South Carolina General Assembly, 126th Session If there is a thread running through the week of March 23 at the South Carolina State House, it is not hemp or highways or even the Student Privacy Act that dominated headlines. It is something quieter and more persistent: the General Assembly's ongoing effort to define, classify, protect, and name. To draw a bright line around who and what b