2025 South Carolina Agenda
Improve our Business Climate
  • Reinstating joint and several liability protections to improve fairness in allocating fault impacting both the cost of doing business and the state’s insurance climate.
  • Support the rights of private businesses to make their own operating decisions, champion legislation that enhances competitiveness for small businesses and entrepreneurs and encourages economic development and business growth.
Accessibility & Affordability of Childcare
  • Support solutions to expand the accessibility and affordability of quality childcare to ensure working parents may increase participation in the workforce.
Workforce Sustainability
  • Support legislation that addresses education funding, teacher compensation, workforce barriers, and development to enhance statewide access, quality, and career readiness.
Infrastructure
  • Support investments in our state’s road, bridge, broadband, airport, electric, transit, and housing infrastructure to meet current and future demands and enhance resiliency, and advocate for legislation that streamlines processes to be more efficient and business friendly.
2025 Federal Agenda
2025 Federal Policy Agenda

Support Increase to Skilled Workers/VISA Program

Support Continuity of State and Federal Laws

Support scalable workforce programs

Evergreen Priorities
  • Ensure adequate tourism funding.
  • Close the state pension system to protect taxpayers & invested individuals and move to a defined contribution plan.
  • Increased State Appropriation for Public Transit
  • Support tax reform that makes the tax code a more fair, equitable and competitive system for the business community.
  • Support eligibility for occupational or professional licenses for those that have current and valid employment authorizations.
  • Increase the state’s police training capacity and address return-to-work requirements for retirees.
  • Promote penalty enhancements for hate crimes.
  • Expand policies to attract veterans and military dependents while continuing to advocate for policies that support the mission readiness and operations of our state’s military bases.