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S0177 - DUI Vehicular Homicide Restitution
David Wes Climer
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 56-5-2937 So As To Provide Persons Convicted Of Reckless Vehicular Homicide While Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Any Other Drug Or Combination Of Drugs, Or Convicted Of Reckless Vehicular Homicide And Had At Least Two Prior Convictions For Driving Motor Vehicles Under The Influence Of Alcohol, Any Other Drug, Or A Combination Of Other Drugs Or Substances, Or Driving Motor Vehicles With An Unlawful Alcohol Concentration, Or Both, And Whose Victims Were Parents Of Minor Children, Must Pay Restitution In The Form Of Child Maintenance To Each Of The Victims' Children Until Each Child Reaches Eighteen Years Of Age And Has Graduated From High School; And By Adding Section 50-21-118 So As To Provide Persons Convicted Of Operating Moving Water Devices While Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Drugs When Death Results, Or Reckless Homicide While Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Drugs And Whose Victims Were Parents Of Minor Children, Must Pay Restitution In The Form Of Child Maintenance To Each Of The Victims' Children Until Each Child Reaches Eighteen Years Of Age And Has Graduated From High School.
STATUS
Introduced
S0108 - Death Benefits for Law Enforcement Killed in the Line of Duty
Thomas C. Davis, John L. Scott, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-1-1770, Relating To Preretirement Death Benefit Programs Under The South Carolina Retirement System, So As To Provide For A Death Benefit For Law Enforcement Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty, To Provide For The Amount Of The Benefit, To Provide Who Shall Receive The Death Benefit Payment, And To Provide The Source Of The Revenue For The Payment; By Amending Section 9-11-120, Relating To A Preretirement Death Benefit Program Under The Police Officers Retirement System, So As To Provide For A Death Benefit For Law Enforcement Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty, To Provide For The Amount Of The Benefit, To Provide Who Shall Receive The Death Benefit Payment, And To Provide The Source Of The Revenue For The Payment; By Amending Section 42-7-90, Relating To Expenditures From The State Accident Fund, So As To Add "first Responder Line Of Duty Death Benefit"; And By Adding Section 42-7-220 So As To Establish The South Carolina First Responder Line Of Duty Death Benefit Fund. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0109 - S.C. Constitutional Carry Act of 2023
Shane R. Martin, Rex Fontaine Rice, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Constitutional Carry Act Of 2023"; By Amending Section 10-11-320, Relating To Carrying Or Discharging Firearms; Exception For Concealable Weapons' Permit Holders, So As To Provide Persons May Possess Firearms Upon The Capitol Grounds Under Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 16-23-20, Relating To Unlawful Carrying Of Handguns; Exceptions, So As To Provide It Is Legal To Carry Handguns In This State And To Provide Location Exceptions Where Firearms Are Prohibited; By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Penalties; Disposition Of Fines; Forfeiture And Disposition Of Handguns, So As To Provide Persons Who Enter Premises With Signs Prohibiting Firearms While Possessing A Firearm Must Be Charged With Trespassing; By Amending Sections 16-23-420 And 16-23-430, Both Relating To Carrying Weapons On School Properties, So As To Revise The Circumstances Upon Which Persons May Possess Firearms On School Properties; By Amending Section 16-23-465, Relating To Additional Penalties For Unlawfully Carrying Pistols Or Firearms Onto Premises Of Businesses Selling Alcoholic Liquor, Beer, Or Wine For On-premises Consumption, So As To Provide An Exception For Persons Lawfully Carrying Weapons Who Do Not Consume Alcoholic Liquor, Beer, Or Wine While Carrying Weapons On The Businesses' Premises; By Amending Section 23-31-215, Relating To Issuance Of Concealable Weapon Permits, So As To Delete The Provision That Requires Permit Holders To Possess Permit Identification When Carrying Concealable Weapons, And The Provision That Requires Permit Holders To Inform Law Enforcement Officers That They Are Permit Holders And Present The Permits To Officers Under Certain Circumstances, And To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 23-31-220, Relating To The Right To Allow Or Permit Concealed Weapons Upon Premises, So As To Make Technical Changes And To Provide This Provision Regulates Both Persons Who Possess And Do Not Possess Concealed Weapons Permits; By Amending Section 23-31-235, Relating To Sign Requirements, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And To Repeal Sections 16-23-460, 23-31-225, And 23-31-230 Relating To The Unlawful Carrying Of Concealable Weapons, The Unlawful Carrying Of Concealable Weapons Into Residences, And The Carrying Of Weapons Between Automobiles And Certain Rooms And Accommodations.
STATUS
Introduced
S0153 - Trafficking Fentanyl
Thomas R. Young, Penry Gustafson, Sandra J. Senn
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws, By Amending Sections 44-53-190(b) And 44-53-370(e), Relating To The Trafficking Offenses For Certain Controlled Substances, So As To Add An Offense For "trafficking In Fentanyl", To Define Necessary Terms And Provide Penalties; And By Amending Section 44-53-370(d) To Provide For Presumptive Weights For Possession With Intent To Distribute Fentanyl Or Fentanyl-related Substances.
STATUS
Engrossed
S0176 - Public Utilities
David Wes Climer, Penry Gustafson
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 58-1-60 So As To Prohibit A Public Utility From Including In Its Rate Base Or Otherwise Recover From Its Customers Any Legal Fees Paid By The Public Utility For A Matter In Which The Public Utility Was Found To Have Violated A Federal, State, Or Local Statute, Regulation, Or Ordinance.
STATUS
Introduced
S0178 - JMSC Reform
David Wes Climer, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-10, Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, Appointment, Qualifications, And Terms, So As To Reduce The Number Of Commissioners From Ten To Seven, And To Provide That Membership On The Commission Shall Be The Governor And Six Members Of The Public At Large; By Amending Section 2-19-40, Relating To Exemption From Hearing, So As To Provide That Four Members Of The Commission May Request That The Requirement For A Public Hearing On The Qualifications Of A Particular Candidate May Be Waived Under Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 2-19-60, Relating To Powers Of Commission, So As To Provide Subsection Designations To Currently Undesignated Paragraphs; By Amending Section 2-19-70, Relating To Prohibition Against Dual Offices, Privileges Of The Floor, And Pledges, So As To Remove A Reference To Certain Commissioners; By Amending Section 2-19-80, Relating To Nomination Of Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly, So As To Provide That All Candidates Found Qualified Must Be Submitted To The General Assembly; By Amending Section 2-19-90, Relating To Approval Of General Assembly In Joint Session, So As To Provide That The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives Shall Announce The Commission's Nominees For Each Judicial Race At The Joint Assembly To Elect Judges; And By Amending Section 8-13-745, Relating To Paid Representation Of Clients And Contracting By Member Of General Assembly Or Associate In Particular Situations, So As To Provide That Members Of The General Assembly Are Prohibited From Representing Clients For A Fee Before A Court In The Unified Judicial System Or Equity Courts If The Member Voted In Judicial Elections Or The Confirmation Of Masters-in-equity During The Preceding Twelve Months.
STATUS
Introduced
S0428 - Longest Serving Senator
Darrell Jackson, Brian R. Adams, Thomas C. Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
45 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution To Recognize And Honor Senator Nikki Giles Setzler For His Exemplary Record Of Service To The People And The State Of South Carolina And For Becoming The Longest-serving State Senator Currently Holding Office In The Nation.
STATUS
Passed
S0329 - David Aylor Sympathy
Marlon E. Kimpson, Brian R. Adams, Thomas C. Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Express Profound Sorrow Upon The Passing Of David Aylor And To Extend The Deepest Sympathy To His Family And Many Friends.
STATUS
Passed
S0395 - Ethics; provide chapter applies to all person elected or appointed a special purpose district
David Wes Climer, A. Shane Massey, Robert Michael Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 8-13-160 So As To Provide That The Chapter Applies To All Persons Elected Or Appointed To A Special Purpose District That Charges A Fee Or Rate To A Consumer To Provide A Service; By Amending Section 8-13-1110, Relating To Persons Required To File Statement Of Economic Interests, So As To Include A Person Elected Or Appointed To A Special Purpose District That Charges A Fee Or Rate To A Consumer To Provide A Service; And By Amending Section 8-13-320(10)(l), Relating To Duties And Powers Of State Ethics Commission, So As To Provide That Written Decisions Must Be Posted To The State Ethics Commission's Website.
STATUS
Introduced
S0483 - Consumer affairs
Thomas C. Alexander, Harvey Smith Peeler, Lawrence K. Grooms
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 37-1-102, Relating To The Purposes Of The Consumer Protection Code, So As To Include The Promotion Of Education For Consumers, Best Practices For Businesses, And To Mediate Complaints; By Amending Section 37-6-106, Relating To Investigatory Powers Of The Administrator, So As To Require The Presentation Of Probable Cause Before Beginning An Investigation; By Amending Section 37-6-108, Relating To Enforcement Orders Of The Administrator, So As To Require Certain Information Be Provided Before A Cease And Desist Order Is Issued To A Business; And By Amending Section 37-2-307, Relating To Motor Vehicle Sales Contract Closing Fees, So As To Require The Closing Fee To Be Prominently Displayed With The Advertised Price.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from South Carolina district SD-015
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South Carolina Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
David Wes Climer is a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 36. He was first elected to the chamber in 2016. Climer holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Winthrop University. His professional experience includes working as president of Lynx Asset Management.read less
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South Carolina Senate from South Carolina
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