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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)