South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, left, talks to Rep. Carl Anderson, D-Georgetown, right, on the last day of the regular 2024 session on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina Rep. Robert Williams, D-Darlington, left, talks to Rep. Bill Clyburn, D-Aiken, right, on the last day of the regular 2024 session on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina Rep. Josiah Magnuson, R-Campobello, left, listens as House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford, D-Columbia, right, asks questions during a budget debate on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
From left to right, South Carolina Sen. Margie Bright Matthews, D-Walterboro; Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Hopkins, Senate Chaplin James St. John; and Sen, Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia, honor St. John at the end of the 2024 session on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina Sen. Vernon Stephens, D-Bowman, left, and Sen. Penry Gustafuson, R-Camden, right, pose for a photo on the last day of the regular 2024 session on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
A tin foil hat is seen on the desk of South Carolina Rep. Micah Caskey, R-Springdale, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina Rep. Micah Caskey, R-Springdale, sits at his desk with a tin foil hat on his desk on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina Senate President Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, left,. and Sen. Penry Gustafuson, R-Camden, right, pose for a photo on the last day of the regular 2024 session on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina Sen. Michael Johnson, R-Fort Mill, left, and Sen. Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, right, talk to each other on the last day of the regular 2024 session on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)