![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, left, and Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, right, vote as the conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1ae14f46b07f45739f3270438a14d7f1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South Carolina House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, left, and Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, right, vote as the conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, left, and House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, right, talk to reporters after a conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/52112ee2624c48cba8deaa1fb7af9364/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South Carolina Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, left, and House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, right, talk to reporters after a conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins State Rep. Phillip Lowe, R-Florence, left, state Sen. Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia, center, and state Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D- Charleston, right, talk before a conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/73a7cf414a5341619e680953e57ed1f7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
State Rep. Phillip Lowe, R-Florence, left, state Sen. Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia, center, and state Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D- Charleston, right, talk before a conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, left, House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, center, and Senate Finance Committee staffer Quentin Hawkins, right, talk after a conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9b1bb3d2e597445d9f3740daca21f59d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South Carolina Senate Finance Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, left, House Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, center, and Senate Finance Committee staffer Quentin Hawkins, right, talk after a conference committee reached a budget deal, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)