Legislation
124th South Carolina General Assembly
124th South Carolina General Assembly
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina is a non-partisan organization that has worked for more than fifty years to protect the civil liberties guaranteed to all South Carolinians by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. We remain steadfastly committed to building on this legacy through our work in the legislature, courts, and communities across our state.
The 124th South Carolina General Assembly convened on January 11, 2022 to begin the second year of its two-year legislative session. Below is a summary of the legislation that the ACLU of South Carolina plans to engage on during this session.
124th South Carolina General Assembly
Bills Promote Unconstitutional Censorship of Learning
S.590/H.3968 would:
Bill summary: In 2017, Pew Research Center presented extensive research on "what works" in the field of sentencing reform to members of the Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee.
Bill Summary: H.3020 would prohibit abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Exemptions include medical procedures intended to prevent death or serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function, or to terminate a pregnancy that resulted from
Bill Summary: H.3967 would limit the types of restraints used on pregnant people who are incarcerated and virtually eliminate the practice of shackling people during labor, childbirth, and postpartum recovery.