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The legislative power of the State of South Carolina is vested in a bicameral General Assembly comprised of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate consists of 46 members who are elected from single member districts of approximately 87,200 citizens.
The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the same time as United States presidential elections.
The 1st regular session of the 126th South Carolina General Assembly will convene on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The Senate Organizational Session date is December 4, 2024.
10:00 am-- Gressette Room 308 -- Senate Education Subcommittee on K-12 Education Scholarships
Republicans in 2024 election gained a supermajority in the South Carolina state Senate, which could bring up debate on educational scholarship accounts and further abortion restrictions.
See who is winning in the 2024 South Carolina State Senate General election with real-time results and county-by-county maps
The South Carolina State Senate meets in the South Carolina State House in Columbia. All 46 seats in the South Carolina State Senate were up for election in 2024. The chamber's Republican majority increased from 30-16 to 34-12.
South Carolina now has six women in its Senate. They are still a small enough group that they sometimes band together across party lines as the “Sister Senators,” such as when they fought stricter abortion regulations last year or worked to expand child care options.
Watch the South Carolina Senate online when in session. List of statewide elected officials who preside over state agencies, including their contact information. List of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives for the state, including a description of the districts they serve.
The South Carolina Senate has approved its budget. The final vote came Wednesday after approving items like requiring school children use the bathrooms of their sex assigned at birth and whether universities can spend state money to move to another athletic conference.