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H3490 - Abortion
Steven Wayne Long, James Mikell Burns, William M. Chumley
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 44-41-10 And 44-41-20, Both Relating To Abortions, So As To Make An Abortion A Criminal Act During Any Trimester If The Sole Reason Is That The Unborn Child Has A Fetal Anomaly; And By Amending Sections 44-41-430, 44-41-440, 44-41-450, And 44-41-460, All Relating To The "south Carolina Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act", So As To Eliminate The Fetal Anomaly Exception To The Prohibition Of Abortions When The Probable Post-fertilization Age Of An Unborn Child Is Twenty Weeks Or More.
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Introduced
H3527 - Income tax brackets
Jordan S. Pace, Roy Josiah Magnuson, Thomas Beach
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-510, Relating To Individual Income Taxes, So As To Provide That The First One Million Dollars Of Taxable Income Is Taxed At A Rate Of Zero Percent And The Top Marginal Rate Applies Thereafter To Amounts Over One Million Dollars.
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Introduced
H3463 - Firefighter training and employment
Steven Wayne Long, Roy Josiah Magnuson, Robert Harris
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-80-65 So As To Provide Procedures Through Which A Fire Department That Assumes The Cost Of Training A Firefighter May Be Reimbursed For These Costs By Other Fire Departments That Subsequently Hire The Firefighter Within A Certain Period Of Time.
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Introduced
H3481 - Child Custody
Stewart O. Jones, Thomas Case Brittain, Gil A. Gatch
Last updated over 1 year ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-15-220, Relating To Parenting Plans, So As To Create A Rebuttable Presumption That It Is In The Best Interest Of The Child To Spend Approximately An Equal Amount Of Time With Each Parent When Both Parents Are Willing, Able, And Fit; And By Amending Section 63-15-240, Relating To Child Custody Orders, So As To Require The Court To Take Into Consideration Certain Factors When Determining What Is In The Best Interest Of A Child, To Require That A Child Custody Order Include Findings Of Fact If The Time-sharing Schedule Does Not Allocate Approximately Equal Parenting Time To Each Parent, And To Provide Requirements To Modify Child Custody Orders.
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Introduced
H3583 - Gavin's Law, Sextortion
Brandon Guffey, Brian Lawson, Jordan S. Pace
Last updated over 1 year ago
67 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting "gavin's Law" By Adding Section 16-15-430 So As To Create The Offenses Of "sexual Extortion" And "aggravated Sexual Extortion", To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide Penalties For Violations. - Ratified Title
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Passed
H3536 - Covid-19 Vaccination
James Mikell Burns, William M. Chumley, Jordan S. Pace
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 42-9-50 So As To Provide That Adverse Health Conditions Or Death Caused By An Employer-mandated Covid-19 Vaccine Are Compensable.
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Introduced
H3707 - DUI and BUI Child Support
Stewart O. Jones, Joseph S. White
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
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 One Prior Conviction 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 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.
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Introduced
H3535 - Judicial Merit Selection Commission, magistrate screening
Joseph S. White, William M. Chumley, Thomas Beach
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-1-10, Relating To Appointment Of Magistrates, So As To Reference Judicial Screening Requirements Before A Magistrate May Be Appointed; By Adding Section 2-19-115 So As To Require Candidates For The Office Of Magistrate To Be Screened By The Judicial Merit Selection Commission And Provide The Circumstances By Which Magistrates May Be Appointed By The Governor With Advice And Consent Of The Senate; By Repealing Section 22-2-10 Relating To The Optional Screening Committee To Assist In Selection Of Magistrates; And By Repealing Section 22-2-15 Relating To The Optional Special Election For Nonpartisan Preferential Selection Of Magistrates.
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Introduced
H3832 - Fire fighter exemptions
Marvin M. Smith, Sylleste H. Davis, Bobby J. Cox
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From The Sales Tax So As To Exempt The Personal Protection Equipment Of A Firefighter And To Make A Conforming Change; And By Amending Section 56-3-627, Relating To The Infrastructure Maintenance Fee So As To Exempt Certain Firefighting Vehicles And Ambulances.
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Introduced
H3616 - Defense of Children's Innocence Act
Thomas Beach, Matthew W. Leber, April Cromer
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "defense Of Children's Innocence Act" By Adding Section 6-1-200 So As To Provide That Any Business Where Drag Shows Are Held Is Deemed To Be A Sexually Oriented Business For All Local Ordinances Relating To A Sexually Oriented Business; By Adding Section 6-1-210 So As To Prohibit A State Agency, Political Subdivision, And Any Entity That Is Supported In Whole Or In Part By Public Funds From Using Any Public Funds To Host Or Provide A Drag Show; And By Amending Section 16-15-385, Relating To Disseminating Harmful Materials To Minors, So As To Include The Offense Of Allowing A Minor To View A Drag Show.
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Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-040
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South Carolina House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joseph S. White is a native of West Virginia. He graduated from West Virginia State University with a degree in political science. Prior to running for office, White worked for the West Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates. He also worked on several political campaigns. White serves on the board of directors for the West Virginia Jazz Society. He previously served on the boards of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and West Virginia Public Broadcasting.read less
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