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

ALPHA STRATEGIES | LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE | WEEK 10 Week of March 16, 2026 | South Carolina General Assembly, 126th Session There is a simple version of Week 10: the House was on furlough, the Senate passed a hemp bill, and candidate filing opened. It is also incomplete. The House stayed home. The Senate did not. A marathon debate over hemp-derived THC products ended with a failed vote late Wednesday, reconsideration Thursday morning, and final passage Thursday afternoon.