October 29, 2025
COLUMBIA, SC (PE)--The Richland County Republican Party passed a resolution at their monthly meeting Monday calling on the South Carolina Senate to pass H:3021, the small business regulatory freedom act, that was unanimously passed in the State House in March.
Leaders of the Richland Republican Party say the resolution, which also passed without opposition, is a reminder to the Senate that this bill is important to Republicans, and they are paying attention.
“They’ll know this bill is important to republicans and not forget about it, because if this bill does not pass out of the senate and go to the governor’s desk in the next legislative session then after the election in 2026 the process starts all over again. It would have to be a new bill,” said Eaddy RoeWilliard, State Executive Committeewoman, Richland County Republican Party. “It was amazing the South Carolina House of Representatives voted this out unanimously.”
The bill, H.3021, would require state agencies to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on new rules and regulations and legislative approval for all regulations costing more than $1 million before implementing them. It would require agencies to propose two regulations be removed for each new regulation added, also establishing a 7-year sunset clause on regulations. It also requires judges to interpret rules and regulations independently instead of accepting the interpretation of government agencies and unelected bureaucrats.
“This bill takes an axe to the regulatory state, reins in unelected bureaucrats and does more to stop “kings” and overreach than any protest,” said Dylan Ray, Midlands Grassroots Engagement Director, Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina. “South Carolina has over 80,000 rules and regulations. Many of them hurt small business while others step on individual freedoms. Passing this into law will not only roll back harmful existing regulations but protect against future overreach.”
Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina has been an advocate for the bill and bringing awareness to it hoping South Carolinians will stand behind them in support of it.
“This is common sense legislation. Stand with us in calling for the senate to pass 3021 to rein in government overreach,” Ray said.
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About the Author: Tony Spain is a former candidate for
Richland County Council 2020 and an award winning former military photographer
and journalist while in the Public Affairs Office for the U.S. Army. His photos
and writing have been published in numerous publications such as The Commercial
News, Danville, Ill.; The Paraglide, Fort Bragg, N.C.; Soldier of Fortune
Magazine; The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C., FITSNews and more.
He lives in Columbia, S.C.
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