![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, center, listens during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dfb1891ddaf74cb39ec657db79bf62ae/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, center, listens during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, left, speaks to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, right, during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5dd993b90100415b94e074a91bdc4548/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, left, speaks to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, right, during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, left, and Senate President Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, right, talk during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6f758572bcd94edc8cdfae9a35a99159/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, left, and Senate President Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, right, talk during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, left, and Senate Reading Clerk John Wienges, right, look over the remaining amendments in the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c71ce449d7604c83a2b2e1c33451c816/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, left, and Senate Reading Clerk John Wienges, right, look over the remaining amendments in the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, listens to the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/13a94adcfb614a16a533d85a9c49a83c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South Carolina Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, listens to the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins The South Carolina Senate debates the chamber's version of the budget on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b12148fdaae04f2cb9e24ab29b1c52f8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
The South Carolina Senate debates the chamber's version of the budget on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
![Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Sen. Dick Harpootlian, D-Columbia, speaks during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ddaf330a92784e35830962e91dbf43af/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South Carolina Sen. Dick Harpootlian, D-Columbia, speaks during the Senate's budget debate on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)