S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1530: Article V convention commissioners; commission; scope; limitations; instructions

(A) The resolution naming the commissioners shall include their commission. The commission shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following components:

(1) A commissioner shall not vote for or otherwise promote any change to the traditional convention rule of decision on the floor and in the committee of the whole that each state has one vote.

(2) A commissioner shall not vote in favor of any proposed amendment that would alter the text of the specific guarantees of individual liberty established by the Constitution, including the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the following amendments: Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth.

(B) The commissioning resolution shall clearly state the scope of the commissioners' authority, subject to the following limitations:

(1)(a) if this State was not one of the two-thirds of the states applying for the Article V convention, the subject matter enumerated in the 34 state applications that triggered the convention; or

(b) if this State was one of the two-thirds of the states applying for the Article V convention, the subject matter in this state's application; and

(2) any additional instructions from the General Assembly, whether in the commissioning resolution or issued thereafter.

(C) The General Assembly may provide additional instructions at any time via subsequent resolution, a copy of which the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide to each commissioner.