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H3523 - Fallen First Responders Survivor Advocate positiocreated
John R. Mccravy, Brian Lawson, Richard L. Yow
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amend South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 8 To Chapter 11, Title 1 So As To Create The "fallen First Responder Survivor Advocate" Position Within The Department Of Administration And Provide Its Duties And Responsibilities.
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Introduced
H4364 - Alcohol delivery and curbside pickup
Wm. Weston Newton, Sylleste H. Davis, James Todd Rutherford
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 61-2-170, Relating To Drive-through Or Curbside Service Of Alcoholic Beverages, So As To Provide Certain Exceptions; By Adding Section 61-4-45 So As To Provide That The Department May Issue Certain Licenses Or Permits Allowing A Retailer To Offer Certain Curbside Delivery Or Pick Up; By Adding Section 61-4-280 So As To Provide That A Retail Dealer May Hire A Delivery Service To Deliver Certain Beer And Wine And To Provide For Requirements; By Adding Section 61-6-1570 So As To Provide That The Department May Issue Certain Licenses Or Permits Allowing A Retailer To Offer Certain Curbside Delivery Or Pick Up; And By Adding Section 61-6-1580 So As To Provide That A Retail Dealer May Hire A Delivery Service To Deliver Certain Alcoholic Liquors And To Provide For Requirements.
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Engrossed
H4825 - Kidnapping, luring
William Lee Hewitt, Christopher J. Murphy, Wm. Weston Newton
Last updated 8 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-910, Relating To Offenses Involving Kidnapping, So As To Include Unlawfully Luring Another Person, To Provide For A Sentencing Enhancement When The Victim Is A Minor, To Specifically Provide For Punishment For Attempted Kidnapping Offenses, And To Define The Term "minor".
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Engrossed
H3594 - Constitutional Carry
Bobby J. Cox, Murrell Smith, Phillip D. Lowe
Last updated 6 months ago
69 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Constitutional Carry/second Amendment Preservation Act Of 2024" By Amending Section 10-11-320, Relating To Carrying Or Discharging Firearms And Exceptions For Concealable Weapons Permit Holders, So As To Delete A Provision That Makes This Section Inapplicable To Persons Who Possess Concealable Weapons Permits And To Provide This Section Does Not Apply To Persons Who Possess Firearms; By Amending Section 16-23-20, Relating To Unlawful Carrying Of Handguns, So As To Revise The Places Where And Circumstances Upon Which Handguns And Firearms May Be Carried, And Persons Who May Carry Handguns And Firearms; By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Certain Penalties, Disposition Of Fines, And Forfeiture And Disposition Of Handguns, So As To Provide Graduated Penalties For Violations Of This Section; By Amending Section 16-23-55, Relating To Procedures For Returning Found Handguns, So As To Delete The Provision Relating To Filing Applications To Obtain Found Handguns, And Provide Circumstances That Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Maintain Possession Or Dispose Of Found Handguns; By Amending Section 16-23-420, Relating To Possession Of Firearms On School Property, So As To Delete The Provision That Exempts Persons Who Possess Concealed Weapon Permits From This Provision, And To Delete The Term "weapon" And Replace It With The Term "firearm"; By Amending Section 16-23-430, Relating To Carrying Weapons On School Property, So As To Delete The Provision That Exempts Persons Who Possess Concealed Weapon Permits From This Provision; By Amending Section 16-23-465, Relating To The 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 This Provision Does Not Apply To Certain Offenses That Prohibit Persons From Carrying Certain Deadly Weapons, To Provide This Provision Applies To Persons Who Knowingly Carry Certain Firearms, To Delete The Provision That Exempts Persons Who Possess Concealed Weapon Permits From The Provisions Of This Section, And To Provide Persons Lawfully Carrying Firearms Who Do Not Consume Alcoholic Beverages Are Exempt From The Provisions Of This Section; By Amending Section 23-31-215, Relating To The Issuance Of Concealed Weapon Permits, So As To Delete The Provisions Requiring Permit Holders To Carry Permits While Carrying Weapons And Identifying Themselves As Permit Holders To Law Enforcement Officers, To Provide Persons Must Report The Loss Or Theft Of A Firearm To A Law Enforcement Agency, To Revise The Requirements To Report The Losses Of Permits To Sled, To Revise The Premises Upon Which Permit Holders Must Not Carry Weapons, To Provide Additional Penalties For Certain Violations, To Revise The Provision That Provides Exemptions To Carrying Permits, To Delete The Provision Relating To Penalties For Carrying Expired Permits, To Provide Sled Shall Offer A Concealed Weapon Permit Training Course, And To Provide Persons At Least Eighteen Years Old May Obtain Permits; By Amending Section 23-31-220, Relating To The Right To Allow Or Permit Concealed Weapons Upon Premises And The Posting Of Signs Prohibiting The Carrying Of Weapons, So As To Make Technical Changes, That Persons Must Knowingly Violate The Provisions Of This Section To Be Charged With A Violation, And To Provide This Section Does Not Limit Persons From Carrying Certain Weapons In State Parks; By Amending Section 23-31-232, Relating To Carrying Concealable Weapons On Premises Of Certain Schools Leased By Churches, So As To Provide Appropriate Church Officials Or Governing Bodies May Allow Any Person To Carry A Concealable Weapon On The Leased Premises; By Amending Section 23-31-235, Relating To Concealable Weapon Sign Requirements, So As To Provide The Signs Must Be Posted At Locations Where The Carrying Of Concealable Weapons Is Prohibited; By Amending Section 23-31-600, Relating To Retired Personnel, Identification Cards, And Qualifications For Carrying Concealed Weapons, So As To Make A Technical Change; By Amending Section 51-3-145, Relating To Unlawful Acts Committed At State Parks, So As To Provide Persons May Possess Or Carry Concealable Weapons In State Parks; By Repealing Sections 16-23-460, 23-31-225, And 23-31-230 Relating To The Carrying Of Weapons By Individuals On Their Person, Into Residences Or Dwellings, Or Between A Motor Vehicle And A Rented Accommodation; By Amending Section 16-23-500, Relating To Unlawful Possession Of Firearms By Persons Convicted Of Violent Offenses, The Confiscation Of Certain Weapons, And The Return Of Firearms To Innocent Owners, So As To Revise The List Of Crimes Subject To This Provision And The Penalties Associated With Violations, And To Define The Term "crime Punishable By A Maximum Term Of Imprisonment Of More Than One Year"; By Amending Section 22-5-910, Relating To The Expungement Of Criminal Records, So As To Provide For The Expungement Of Criminal Records For Certain Unlawful Possessions Of Firearms Or Weapons Offenses, And To Make A Technical Change; By Amending Section 23-31-240, Relating To Persons Allowed To Carry Concealable Weapons Anywhere In This State, So As To Add Additional Persons To This List With Certain Exceptions; By Adding Section 23-31-245 So As To Provide Circumstances When Law Enforcement Officers May Search, Detain, Or Arrest Persons Openly Carrying Weapons; By Adding Section 17-1-65 So As To Provide Persons May Apply For Expungements Of Convictions For Unlawful Possession Of Handguns Under Certain Circumstances; By Adding Section 16-23-495 So As To Provide Penalties For Persons Convicted Of Committing Or Attempting To Commit Certain Crimes Involving Concealable Weapons, To Provide Sled Shall Develop And Distribute A Document That Informs Gun Purchasers That They May Obtain Concealed Weapon Permits, Carry Their Weapons Without A Permit, And Certain Penalties Imposed For Crimes Involving Concealable Weapons, To Provide Sled Must Inform The Public The State Provides A Process For Gun Owners To Obtain Concealed Weapon Permits And Allows Gun Owners To Carry Their Weapons Without Permits; And To Provide No Provision Of This Act Should Be Construed To Discourage Gun Ownership Or Gun Safety Training, But To Encourage Gun Owners To Receive Gun Safety Training. - Ratified Title
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Passed
H3016 - Offenses during state of emergency
William Lee Hewitt, Brandon Michael Newton, William M. Chumley
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-7-10, Relating To Offenses During A State Of Emergency, So As To Provide That The Former Felony Looting Is Now Considered Burglary In The First Degree And The Penalty Is The Same As For Burglary In The First Degree.
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Introduced
H3214 - Residential Food Production Operations
JA Moore, Matthew W. Leber
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-1-144 So As To Authorize Residential Food Production Operations In Which Food Is Prepared In A Private Residence And Served To Customers To Be Eaten Within The Residence; To Exempt Residential Food Production Operations From Regulation As A Retail Food Establishment By The Department Of Health And Environmental Control; To Establish Certain Requirements Applicable To Residential Food Production Operations; And For Other Purposes.
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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
H3171 - Specialty license plates, Afghanistan War Veteran
Cally R. Forrest, Donald Chapman, William M. Chumley
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-3-14950, Relating To The Issuance Of Special License Plates Reflective Of Campaign Medals For Service Members Who Participated In Certain Military Campaigns, So As To Add An Afghanistan War Veteran Specialty Plate.
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Introduced
H3119 - State Infrastructure Protection Act
Leon D. Gilliam, Thomas E. Pope, John R. Mccravy
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 11-1-130 So As To Prohibit Certain Contracts With Certain Foreign-owned Companies In Connection With Critical Infrastructure.
STATUS
Introduced
H3080 - Legal tender, gold and silver
Stewart O. Jones, Roy Josiah Magnuson, Matthew W. Leber
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 17 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Provide That Gold And Silver Coins Minted Foreign Or Domestic Shall Be Legal Tender In This State, And To Provide That No Person May Compel Another Person To Tender Or Accept Gold Or Silver Coins Unless Agreed Upon By The Parties.
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Introduced
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-116
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South Carolina House
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ABOUT
Matthew W. Leber is running for the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Jersey. He was born on November 25, 1974 in Brick Township. Leber earned his BA in business administration from Monmouth University in West Long Branch. He went on to earn his MBA in international business from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Leber is married with two children. He and his family reside in Brick Township. Leber has volunteered his time coaching various youth sports teams. He has served as President of the Shore 203 Soccer Club in his hometown since 2012. Leber is running to "improve transportation infrastructure" and "streamline taxes and regulation".read less
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