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H3503 - Trafficking in Fentanyl
Leon D. Gilliam, Thomas E. Pope, Bill Taylor
Last updated over 1 year ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-190, Relating To Schedule I Substances, So As To Add Fentanyl-related Substances; By Amending Section 44-53-370, Relating To Prohibited Acts And Penalties, So As To Add An Offense For Trafficking In Fentanyl; By Amending Section 44-53-370, Relating To Narcotics And Controlled Substances Prohibited Acts And Penalities, So As To Add Trafficking In Fentanyl; By Adding Section 44-53-393 So As To Provide That The Term "drug Paraphernalia" Does Not Include Certain Testing Equipment; And By Adding Section 44-53-379 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Certain Individuals Who Have Been Convicted Of Certain Drug-related Crimes To Possess A Firearm Or Ammunition Within This State. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3584 - Election protest deadlines
Brandon Michael Newton
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-17-110 So As To Provide For The Extension Of An Election Protest Filing Deadline Which Falls On A Legal Holiday.
STATUS
Introduced
H3425 - PORS Earnings Limitations
Thomas E. Pope, Anne J. Thayer, Leon D. Gilliam
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-11-90, Relating To The Earnings Limitation Upon Return To Covered Employment In The South Carolina Police Officers Retirement System, So As To Provide That The Earnings Limitation Does Not Apply In Certain Circumstances; And By Amending Section 9-1-1790, Relating To The Earnings Limitation Upon Return To Covered Employment In The South Carolina Retirement System, So As To Provide That The Earnings Limitation Does Not Apply In Certain Circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3606 - Primary runoffs, abolish
Brandon Michael Newton, Bill Taylor
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-13-42 So As To Provide That The Candidate Who Receives The Largest Number Of Votes Cast For A Given Office In The Primary Of A Political Party Is Considered Nominated; By Amending Sections 7-5-150 And 7-5-220, Both Relating To The Voter Registration Deadline Preceding An Election, Both So As To Remove References To Runoff Elections; By Amending Section 7-11-55, Relating To Special Primary Elections To Replace A Party Nominee, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Sections 7-13-25, 7-13-40, And 7-13-190, Relating To Early Voting, The Date Of Party Primary Elections, And Special Elections To Fill Vacancies In Office, Respectively, All So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 7-17-280, Relating To Mandatory Recounts, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 7-17-510, Relating To Canvass And Certification Of Primary Results, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Repealing Sections 7-13-50, 7-17-600, And 7-17-610 Relating To Second Primaries Or Runoffs, The Requirement That A Candidate Receive A Majority Of Votes Cast In A First Primary To Be Declared Nominated, And Methods Of Determining What Constitutes A Majority Vote For A Particular Office, Respectively.
STATUS
Introduced
H3141 - Catawba Indian Expansion
Thomas E. Pope, Brandon Michael Newton, Brandon Guffey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Provide That The General Assembly Approves Ordinance Number 3421 Adopted On September 7, 2021, By The York County Council To Expand The Catawba Indian Reservation, As Requested By The Catawba Indian Nation.
STATUS
Introduced
H3617 - Paid family leave
Beth E. Bernstein, Thomas E. Pope, Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 8-11-150 And 8-11-155, Both Relating To Paid Parental Leave, So As To Increase The Number Of Weeks Of Paid Parental Leave In The Event Of The Birth Or Adoption Of A Child For Eligible State Employees.
STATUS
Introduced
H3553 - Adoption
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-9-750, Relating To Final Adoption Hearings, So As To Eliminate The Mandatory Ninety-day Waiting Period To Finalize An Adoption; By Amending Sections 63-7-1710, 63-7-2530, 63-9-710, And 63-7-1660, All Relating To Child Permanency Proceedings, So As To Make Certain Changes To Expedite Permanency For Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services; By Amending Section 63-7-40, Relating To Infant Safe Havens, So As To Allow The Permanency Planning Hearing And Termination Of Parental Rights Hearing To Occur In The Same Proceeding, With Exceptions; By Amending Section 63-9-30, Relating To Terms Defined In The South Carolina Adoption Act, So As To Change The Definition Of "special Needs Child"; And By Amending Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Make Certain Changes To Promote Timely Permanence For Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services; And For Other Purposes. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3475 - Poll worker pay
Brandon Michael Newton, Leon D. Gilliam, John R. Mccravy
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-1-10, Relating To Definitions Applicable To The South Carolina Retirement System, So As To Provide That Earnable Compensation Does Not Include Certain Amounts Paid To Managers And Clerks Of Elections; And By Amending Section 12-6-1120, Relating To The Computation Of South Carolina Gross Income, So As To Exclude Certain Amounts Paid To Managers And Clerks Of Elections.
STATUS
Introduced
H3593 - Adoption tax credit
Murrell Smith, Brandon Michael Newton, John Taliaferro West
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3595 So As To Provide A Tax Credit To A Taxpayer That Claims The Federal Credit For Qualified Adoption Expenses, And To Establish The Amount Of The Credit.
STATUS
Introduced
H3774 - Abortion Ban with Exceptions
John R. Mccravy, Murrell Smith, Davey R. Hiott
Last updated almost 2 years ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "human Life Protection Act"; By Adding Article 7 To Chapter 41, Title 44 So As To Ban Abortions In This State, To Provide For Exceptions To The Ban On Abortions, To Protect The Use Of Contraceptives And Alternative Reproductive Technologies, To Provide Penalties, To Provide A Civil Cause Of Action For Failure To Comply With The Requirements Of This Article, To Provide That A Woman Cannot Be Prosecuted For Having An Abortion, To Provide That Physicians Or Other Licensed Professionals Shall Lose Their License For Violations Of This Article, And To Provide That A Woman's Name May Remain Anonymous In Proceedings Initiated Pursuant To This Article; By Adding Section 44-41-90 So As To Provide That The State Health Insurance Program May Not Pay For Abortions, To Prohibit State Funds From Being Used For The Purchase Of Fetal Tissue Or Fetal Remains Obtained From An Abortion, And To Defund Planned Parenthood; By Adding Section 63-17-325 So As To Require A Biological Father To Pay Child Support Beginning At Conception; By Adding Section 38-71-146 So As To Require All Individual And Group Health Insurance And Hmo Policies To Cover Contraceptives; By Requiring The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority To Cover Prescribed Contraceptives For Dependents; By Amending Section 44-41-710, Relating To Construction And Application Of This Article, So As To Remove Language Related To Implicit Repeal; By Amending Section 44-41-480, Relating To Construction Against Implicit Repeal Of Existing Law, So As To Remove Language Related To Implicit Repeal; By Repealing Section 44-41-20 Relating To Legal Abortions; By Amending Section 44-41-70, Relating To Promulgation Of Rules And Regulations For Certification Of Hospitals And Other Facilities, So As To Delete A Reference To Section 44-41-20; And By Providing An Unconditional Right To Intervene In Challenges To This Act By The President Of The Senate And The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-045
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