South Carolina Legal Resources

South Carolina session laws are published in chronological order by session in the print South Carolina Acts & Joint Resolutions, located on the 1st floor of the Law Library.

• Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina

The full text of South Carolina Acts from 1980 through the current session of the South Carolina General Assembly is available on the Ratifications and Acts page of the South Carolina Legislature's website.

• Acts & Joint Resolutions - 1731 to 1986 on LLMC Digital (USC login required)

South Carolina session laws 1731 to 1986 are available on LLMC Digital. [Online Services tab > Browse Collections > U.S. States and Territories > South Carolina > South Carolina Legislative (by date) > 1731-, South Carolina Session Laws (MS & print)]

• Acts & Joint Resolutions - 1694 to 2023 on HeinOnLine (USC login required)

South Carolina session laws 1694 to 2023 are available on HeinOnLine. [US Content > State Statutes Historical Archive > Session Laws Library > South Carolina]

This collection includes materials donated to the Law Library’s South Carolina Legal History Collection by William D. Workman, Jr., in December 1983. The portion of the Workman Papers digitized here features papers of the 1949-1950 Committee to Make a Study of the South Carolina Constitution of 1895 and the 1966-1969 Committee to Make a Study of the South Carolina Constitution of 1895 (also known as the West Committee). The originals of these digitized papers and the portion of the collection that has not been digitized may be viewed by arrangement with the University of South Carolina Law Library.

A guide for this collection is available: