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2025-2026 Bill 3475 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3475

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 2-17-30, RELATING TO A LOBBYIST'S REPORT OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, SO AS 
TO REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL REPORT WHEN A LOBBYIST HAS PERFORMED LOBBYING 
ACTIVITIES OR HAD OTHER WORK-RELATED CONTACT WITH A MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OR THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF; BY AMENDING 
SECTION 2-17-35, RELATING TO A LOBBYIST'S REPORT OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, SO AS 
TO REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL REPORT WHEN A LOBBYIST ACTING ON BEHALF OF A LOBBYIST'S 
PRINCIPAL HAS PERFORMED LOBBYING ACTIVITIES OR HAD WORK-RELATED CONTACT WITH A 
MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OR THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY 
STAFF; BY AMENDING SECTION 8-13-700, RELATING TO USE OF OFFICIAL POSITION FOR 
FINANCIAL GAIN, SO AS TO PROHIBIT MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE 
COMMISSION OR THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF FROM RECEIVING ANYTHING OF VALUE 
FROM A UTILITY, COMPANY, CORPORATION, ENTITY, JOINT VENTURE, OR PERSON WHOSE 
BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE, OPERATIONS, OR ACTIVITIES ARE REGULATED, WHETHER WHOLLY 
OR IN PART, BY A GOVERNMENTAL REGULATORY AGENCY PURSUANT TO TITLE 58; AND BY 
AMENDING SECTION 8-13-1332, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND 
EXPENDITURES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A UTILITY, COMPANY, CORPORATION, ENTITY, JOINT 
VENTURE, OR PERSON WHOSE BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE, OPERATIONS, OR ACTIVITIES ARE 
REGULATED, WHETHER WHOLLY OR IN PART, BY A GOVERNMENTAL REGULATORY AGENCY 
PURSUANT TO TITLE 58 FROM OFFERING, FACILITATING, OR PROVIDING A CAMPAIGN 
CONTRIBUTION TO A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR A CANDIDATE FOR THE GENERAL 
ASSEMBLY, OR A STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER OR A CANDIDATE FOR A STATEWIDE 
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 2-17-30 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 (C) A lobbyist who is required to file 
periodic reports with the State Ethics Commission pursuant to this section 
shall file an additional report with the State Ethics Commission within ten 
days of performing lobbying activities or having work-related contacts with a 
member of the Public Service Commission, or with an employee of the Public 
Service Commission, or the Office of Regulatory Staff. If the lobbying 
activities or work-related contacts occur less than ten days prior to the next 
meeting of the Public Service Commission, then the lobbyist's report must be 
filed prior to the Public Service Commission meeting.

SECTION 2. Section 2-17-35 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 (E) A lobbyist's principal who is 
required to file periodic reports with the State Ethics Commission pursuant to 
this section shall file an additional report with the State Ethics Commission 
if a lobbyist acting on behalf of the lobbyist's principal has performed 
lobbying activities or had work-related contacts with a member of the Public 
Service Commission, or with an employee of the Public Service Commission, or 
the Office of Regulatory Staff. This additional report must be filed within ten 
days of the lobbying activity or work-related contact described in this 
subsection. If the lobbying activities or work-related contacts occur less than 
ten days prior to the next meeting of the Public Service Commission, then the 
lobbyist's principal's report must be filed prior to the Public Service 
Commission meeting.

SECTION 3. Section 8-13-700 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 (F) A public official, public member, 
or public employee of the Public Service Commission or the Office of Regulatory 
Staff may not directly or indirectly, ask, demand, solicit, seek, accept, 
receive, or agree to receive anything of value from a utility, company, 
corporation, entity, joint venture, or other "person" as defined in Section 8-13-100(24), 
whose business, enterprise, operations, or activities are regulated, whether 
wholly or in part, by a governmental regulatory agency pursuant to Title 58.

SECTION 4. Section 8-13-1332 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
8-13-1332. It is unlawful for a:

 (1) a committee or ballot measure committee to make a 
contribution or expenditure by using:

 (a) 
anything of value secured by physical force, job discrimination, financial 
reprisals, or threat of the same;

 (b) 
dues, fees, or other monies required as a condition of membership in a labor 
organization, or as a condition of employment; or

 (c) 
monies obtained by the committee or the ballot measure committee in a 
commercial transaction;

 (2) a person to solicit an employee for a contribution and 
fail to inform the employee of the political purposes of the committee or 
ballot me