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S0117 - Contraband Cell Phone Act
Greg Hembree, Penry Gustafson
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "contraband Cell Phone Act"; By Adding Chapter 4 To Title 24, So As To Provide Necessary Definitions, To Allow Supervising Law Enforcement Officers With Reasonable Suspicion To Believe That Contraband Cell Phones Exist In A Prison Or Local Detention Facility To Authorize The Use Of Any Electronic Device To Detect And Confirm Such Presence, To Allow Supervising Law Enforcement Officers Who Confirm The Presence Of Contraband Cell Phones To Apply For An Ex Parte Order Requesting Suspension Of Service For Such Contraband Cell Phones, To Authorize The Circuit Courts Of This State To Issue Ex Parte Orders Requiring Cellular Service Providers To Suspend Cellular Service To Identified Contraband Cell Phones, To Require Cellular Service Providers To Discontinue Cellular Service To Contraband Cell Phones Upon Receipt Of Orders Issued Pursuant To This Chapter, To Allow Cellular Service Subscribers Affected By Orders Issued Pursuant To This Chapter To Challenge The Suspension Of Service, And To Provide Immunity From Civil Liability To Certain Persons And Entities For Compliance With The Provisions Of This Chapter.
STATUS
Introduced
S0128 - Early literacy and numeracy screening
Greg Hembree, Ross Turner
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina By Adding Section 59-155-155 So As To Provide The State Department Of Education Shall Approve No More Than Five Reliable And Valid Early Literacy And Numeracy Screening Assessment Instruments For Selection And Use By School Districts For Kindergarten Through Third Grade, And To Provide Requirements For Such Instruments; By Adding Section 59-155-205 So As To Create The South Carolina Reading Panel, And To Provide The Composition, Functions, And Duties Of The Panel; To Amend Section 59-33-510, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Universal Screening Processes Used In Public School Districts For Students Experiencing Academic Or Social-emotional Difficulties, So As To Provide All Related Screening Tools Must Be Capable Of Identifying Students With Dyslexia Or Other Reading Disorders; To Amend Section 59-155-110, Relating To The Read To Succeed Office, So As To Correct A Typographical Error; To Amend Section 59-155-120, Relating To Definitions In The Read To Succeed Act, So As To Revise Definitions; To Amend Section 59-155-130, Relating To Duties Of The Read To Succeed Office, So As To Revise The Requirements Concerning Coursework Necessary For Literacy Add-on Endorsements And To Revise Requirements For Professional Development In Reading And Coaching For Certified Reading/literacy Coaches And Literacy Teachers; To Amend Section 59-155-140, Relating To The State Reading Proficiency Program, So As To Remove The Use Of Book Clubs For Certain Required Supplemental Instruction; To Amend Section 59-155-150, Relating To The Readiness Assessment Provided By The Read To Succeed Act, So As To Revise The Requirements For Screening And Diagnostic Assessments And Interventions; To Amend Section 59-155-160, Relating To Mandatory Student Retention Provisions Of The Read To Succeed Act, So As To Revise Criteria For Retention And Exemptions From Retention, To Eliminate An Appeals Process, And To Revise Criteria For Intensive Instructional Services And Support Provided To Retained Students; And To Amend Section 59-155-180, Relating To Provisions Concerning Teacher Education Programs In The Read To Succeed Act, So As To Remove The Requirement That Reading/literacy Coaches Be Employed In All Elementary Schools, To Revise Requirements Concerning The Roles And Functions Of Reading/literacy Coaches, To Provide Certain Reading And Literacy Support Services To Schools Identified As Having Certain Levels Of Lowest Achievement On English/language Arts Summative Assessments By Third Grade Students, And To Provide The Manner Of Use For Certain Related Resources.
STATUS
Introduced
S0122 - Income tax deduction
Greg Hembree
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-1172 So As To Allow A South Carolina Income Tax Deduction Of All Military Retirement Or First Responder Retirement Income; And By Amending Section 12-6-1170, Relating To The Retirement Income Deduction, So As To Make A Conforming Change.
STATUS
Introduced
S0131 - USC Board of Trustees
Greg Hembree
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-117-10, Relating To The University Of South Carolina Board Of Trustees, So As To Revise The Composition Of The Board; By Amending Section 59-117-20, Relating To Terms Of Elected Members Of The Board, So As To Provide For The Election Of New Members Of The Board For Staggered Terms Beginning July 1, 2023; By Amending Section 59-117-40, Relating To The Powers And Duties Of The Board, So As To Provide The Board Shall Elect A Chairman, To Provide The Chairman Serves A Two Year Term, To Provide A Trustee May Not Serve More Than Two Terms As Chairman, And To Revise Certain Powers; And By Amending Section 59-117-50, Relating To Meetings Of The Board, So As To Provide For How Special Meetings Of The Board May Be Called.
STATUS
Introduced
S0115 - Property exempt from attachment, levy and sale
Greg Hembree
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-41-30, Relating To Property Exempt From Attachment, Levy, And Sale, So As To Increase The Domicile Exemption From Fifty Thousand To One Hundred Thousand And To Increase The Aggregate Exemption From One Hundred Thousand To One Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars.
STATUS
Introduced
S0401 - Medal of Valor recipients involved in apprehension of murder suspect
Thomas R. Young, A. Shane Massey, Nikki Giles Setzler
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Members Of The Aiken County Sheriff's Office And To Congratulate Them For Being Awarded The South Carolina Sheriffs' Association Medal Of Valor.
STATUS
Passed
S0416 - Medal of Valor winner (Incident 13)
Thomas McElveen, Kevin L. Johnson, Brian R. Adams
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution To Recognize And Honor Deputy Joshua Kirby Of The Sumter County Sheriff's Office And To Congratulate Him On Being Awarded The South Carolina Sheriffs' Association Medal Of Valor.
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
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
S0318 - Sally Cauthen Retirement
Greg Hembree, Brian R. Adams, Thomas C. Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Sarah "sally" Cauthen Upon The Occasion Of Her Retirement As Research Director Of The Senate Education Committee, To Commend Her For Her Sixteen Years Of Dedicated Service To The South Carolina State Senate, And To Wish Her Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from South Carolina district SD-028
COMMITTEES
South Carolina Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Greg Hembree is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate representing District 28. Hembree earned his B.S. in accounting from the University of South Carolina in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1992. Prior to joining the state Senate, Hembree served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1998 to 2013. During his House tenure, he chaired the Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Committee from 2005 to 2013.read less
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South Carolina Senate from South Carolina
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