Copper Dome Chronicle: September 2026 Meetings and Activities
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Copper Dome Chronicle, sponsored by Advocatus USA. We strive for substantive writing with brevity, inspired by the book Smart Brevity.
This post will preview the month of September 2026. Any meetings or relevant activities by the General Assembly will be chronicled on this page, which will be updated as needed. The second regular session of the 126th General Assembly adjourned May 14, but a special session began on May 15. Thanks for reading and sharing; we welcome your feedback and commentary!
Resources
2026 Candidate Tracking Portal
Committee Schedule
If a livestream link is not provided with a committee meeting that means livestream is not available. Additional meetings may be added during the week and while 24 hours notice is generally given, it is not always possible to provide such notice.
Senate Meetings
Senate Finance Common Sense Tax Reform Special Subcommittee
September 10, 10am; Agenda; Livestream
Summary: This is the first meeting of this special committee. Two nonprofit think tanks (The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and The Tax Foundation) will present testimony as well as the Department of Revenue and the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office (RFA).
Senate Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence
September 16, 10am; Agenda; Livestream
Summary: This is the first meeting of this special committee. The committee will discuss its scope of work, learn how state agencies define artificial intelligence, and receive testimony from AI experts.
House Meetings
House Legislative Oversight Committee
October 23, 10:30am; Agenda; Livestream
Summary: The full committee will consider four completed studies regarding these agencies: South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Employment and Workforce, and Department of Insurance.
Joint Meetings
Joint Bond Review Committee
October 6, 1pm; Agenda; Livestream
Summary: The JBRC agenda has not been posted.
Joint Bond Review Committee
December 1, 1pm; Agenda; Livestream
Summary: The JBRC agenda has not been posted.
2026 Key Dates
September 25: FY28 state agency budget requests deadline
November 3: General Election
November 8: Special session adjourned
November 16-20: JMSC Public Hearings
November 19: BEA estimate for FY28 budget released
November 30-December 4: JMSC Public Hearings
December: House and Senate organization sessions and prefiled legislation deadlines
