Constitutional carry since March 2024. No AWB, no mag limit, strong preemption. Stand-your-ground codified. Suppressors legal. No waiting period, no red-flag law.

CBD-only (Julian's Law). No medical cannabis, no decriminalization, no recreational. Criminal possession penalties. No psychedelic reform. Limited harm reduction.

State minimum wage $7.25/hr (no state minimum, federal applies). MIT living wage for 1 adult: $15.41/hr. Ratio 0.47 — minimum-wage workers earn 47% of what's needed to live there alone.

Low tax burden, but NAEP scores below national average (8th reading 250-254 range), life expectancy below median. Modest spend / modest outcomes.

IJ grades SC D (low burden, profit incentive). No QI reform. No-knock allowed. No statewide body cam mandate (despite Walter Scott shooting; H 3933 funded but optional). No comprehensive privacy law. SB 4 (2024) anti-sanctuary.

Excuse required for absentee voting until 2022 (early in-person now allowed). Early voting 2 weeks. No same-day registration. Strict photo ID. Felons vote after sentence completion. Republican-drawn maps; SCOTUS upheld racial gerrymandering claim in Alexander v. SC NAACP (2024). Multiple polling closures.

Has NOT adopted Medicaid expansion. 6-week abortion ban (Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act). Trans youth gender-affirming care ban (H 4624, 2024). Maternal mortality elevated. Rural hospital strain.

No qualified immunity reform. Statewide BWC mandate (Act 71 of 2015) but footage NOT public record - requires litigation/subpoena. SC Criminal Justice Academy decertifies. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. Local DAs prosecute (SLED investigates). Chokeholds restricted. Per-capita killings above median.

6-week abortion ban. No statewide LGBTQ+ protections. Gender-affirming care ban for minors. 'Don't Say Gay' style restrictions in schools. Active fetal personhood bills. No conversion therapy ban. Active Christian-nationalist legislative trend.

Right-to-work state. No paid family leave. No paid sick leave. State OSHA plan (SC OSHA). Prevailing wage prohibited. Very weak wage theft enforcement. Above-median fatal injury rate. Among lowest union density. No heat, domestic worker, or scheduling protections.