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S0305 - Work Experience Credit for New Teachers
Thomas R. Young, Robert Michael Johnson, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-60 So As To Provide That An Individual's Prior Work Experience May Be Awarded On An Initial Teaching Certificate If The Prior Experience Is In Or Related To The Content Field Of The Certificate, And To Provide That Existing Certificate Holders May Also Receive The Same Credit For Prior Work Experience.
STATUS
Engrossed
S0444 - JMSC Reform
A. Shane Massey, David Wes Climer, Rex Fontaine Rice
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-80(a), Relating To The Nomination Of Qualified Judicial Candidates To The General Assembly, So As To Provide That The Judicial Merit Screening Commission Must Submit The Names Of All Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
S0148 - Free School Meals
Katrina Frye Shealy, Stephen L. Goldfinch, Maymia S. McLeod
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-810 So As To Provide That Eligible Schools That Participate In The School Breakfast Program Shall Provide Breakfast And Lunch Without Charge To All Students And To Provide Guidelines; And By Amending Section 59-10-350, Relating To The Length Of Lunch Periods, So As To Require Schools To Provide Thirty Minute Lunch Periods To All Students.
STATUS
Introduced
S1011 - USC Day
Nikki Giles Setzler, Gerald Malloy, C. Bradley Hutto
Last updated 8 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor The University Of South Carolina And The Entire Usc System For Its Many And Significant Contributions To The Education And Culture Of Our Citizens And To Declare Tuesday, February 13, 2024, "carolina Day" At The State House.
STATUS
Passed
S0242 - Trafficking in Fentanyl
Billy Garrett, Penry Gustafson, Danny B. Verdin
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 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; And By Amending Section 16-1-60, Relating To Violent Crimes, So As To Add Trafficking In Fentanyl.
STATUS
Introduced
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
S0380 - Kinship Guardianship
Katrina Frye Shealy, Thomas McElveen, C. Bradley Hutto
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-20, Relating To Children's Code Definitions, So As To Define "legal Guardianship" And "legal Guardian"; By Amending Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Provide For Procedures To Establish Legal Guardianship With Supplemental Benefits When Adoption Is Not An Option And By Making Conforming Changes; By Adding Section 63-7-1705 So As To Establish Procedures For Initiating The Judicial Establishment Of Legal Guardianship With Supplemental Benefits; By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 7, Title 63 So As To Require The Department Of Social Services To Establish And Administer A Program Of Supplemental Benefits For Legal Guardianship, To Define Terms, To Provide Eligibility Requirements For Program Benefits, To Require The Department To Promulgate Regulations, And For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 63-1-20, Relating To The State's Children's Policy, So As To Include Legal Guardianship When Adoption Is Not Appropriate; And By Amending Section 63-7-2350, Relating To Restrictions On Foster Care Or Adoption Placements, So As To Apply Also To Placement Of A Child In A Legal Guardian's Home. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0238 - Drug Induced Homicide
Brian R. Adams, Penry Gustafson
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 16 Of The South Carolina Code Of Laws, Relating To Homicide, By Adding Section 16-3-80, To Create The Offense Of Drug-induced Homicide, To Provide A Penalty For A Violation, And To Prohibit An Affirmative Defense; And To Amend Section 16-1-10(d), Relating To A List Of Exceptions For Felonies And Misdemeanors, So As To Add Drug-induced Homicide.
STATUS
Introduced
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
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
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from South Carolina district SD-027
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South Carolina Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Penry Gustafson's political career began when he successfully ran for Wyoming State Senate in 2018. He serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee as well as the Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee. Gustafson is an active leader outside the State Capitol too, having served on the board of various community organizations over the years. Most recently, he has focused his energy on serving as a Campbell County Commissioner.read less
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