The South Carolina Legislative Council is offering access to the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws on the Internet as a service to the public. The 1976 Code of Laws on this website will be updated online periodically; however, the official version of the 1976 Code of Laws remains the print version which will continue to be updated on a yearly basis before the start of each legislative session.
The South Carolina Senate consists of 46 members who are elected from single-member districts of approximately 87,200 citizens. Senators must be residents of the district in which they are elected, and they serve four-year terms.
The South Carolina House of Representatives consists of 124 part-time citizen legislators elected every two years to represent our state's 124 separate single-member districts.