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S1180 - Sumter HS girls basketball champs
Thomas McElveen, Kevin L. Johnson, Brian R. Adams
Last updated 6 months ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Celebrate The Sumter High School Girls Basketball Team For Capturing The 2024 Class Aaaaa State Championship Title And To Congratulate The Team's Exceptional Players, Coaches, And Staff On A Superb Season.
STATUS
Passed
S1181 - Camden HS girls basketball champs
Thomas McElveen, Penry Gustafson, Brian R. Adams
Last updated 6 months ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Celebrate The Camden High School Girls Basketball Team For Capturing The 2024 Class Aaa State Championship Title And To Congratulate The Team's Exceptional Players, Coach, And Staff On A Superb Season.
STATUS
Passed
S1126 - Constitutional amendment
Joshua Brett Kimbrell, Harvey Smith Peeler, Rex Fontaine Rice
Last updated 2 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
An Amendment To Section 4, Article Ii Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To Voter Qualifications, So As To Provide That Only A Citizen Of The United States And Of This State Of The Age Of Eighteen And Upwards Who Is Properly Registered Is Entitled To Vote As Provided By Law. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S1048 - Illegal Furnishing of Alcoholic Beverages Liability
Robert Michael Johnson, Thomas R. Young, Gerald Malloy
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 15-3-710 So As To Provide The Basis For Liability For A Person Or Establishment Who Illegally Furnishes Alcohol To An Individual Who Injures A Third Party Based Upon What The Furnisher Knew Or Should Have Known Under The Cirucumstances; To Specify When The Right Of Action Is Not Available; And To Provide The Evidentiary Standard For The Visible Intoxication.
STATUS
Introduced
S1046 - Judicial Merit Selection Commission
Greg Hembree, David Wes Climer, Robert Michael Johnson
Last updated 2 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Chapter 19 Of Title 2, Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, So As To Provide For The Appointment Of South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission Members, Initial Terms, And Subsequent Terms; To Amend The Membership Of The Commission To Increase The Membership To Twelve Members, Including Four Members Appointed By The Governor; To Provide A Quorum Is Seven Members, And To Make Conforming Changes; To Provide For Two-year Terms And Term Limits Of Members; To Require All Public Hearings Be Live Streamed Except When The Commission Is In Executive Session; To Establish Set Times For The Release Of Reports And The Seeking Of Pledges And To Provide That The Formal Release Of The Report Of Qualifications Shall Occur No Earlier Than Twelve Days After Nominees Have Been Released To Members Of The General Assembly; To Increase The Number Of Nominees Released To The General Assembly From Three To Six; To Require Midterm Reviews Of Justices And Judges And Provide A Procedure For The Commission And The South Carolina Bar To Conduct The Review; To Require The Retention Of Investigative Materials; To Prohibit Vote Counting Before The Formal Release Of The Report; To Require The Report To Include The Particular Reasons When Candidates Were Found Not Qualified; To Provide Twenty-two Days Must Elapse Between The Date Of The Commission's Nominations And The Elections For These Judgeships; And To Provide That Nothing Shall Prevent A Legislative Delegation From Rejecting A Candidate For The Office Of Master-in-equity And Directing The Commission To Reopen The Screening Process. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S1122 - Cursive writing coursework
Thomas R. Young, Robert Michael Johnson, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated 7 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-29-15, Relating To The Requirement That Cursive Writing Be Taught In Public Elementary Schools, So As To Specify That The Cursive Writing Instruction Must Begin In Second Grade And Continue In Each Grade Through Fifth Grade.
STATUS
Introduced
S0862 - DSS - Childcare Center Caregiver
Katrina Frye Shealy, Penry Gustafson
Last updated 2 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-13-30, Relating To Caregiver Requirements, So As To Provide For Educational And Preservice Training Requirements; And By Amending Section 63-13-20, Relating To Childcare Facility Definitional Terms, So As To Change Certain Definitions. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S1121 - Assistive Reproductive Technologies Protection Act
Margie Bright Matthews, C. Bradley Hutto, Tameika Isaac Devine
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "in Vitro Fertilization Protection Act"; And To Provide A Definition Of Assitive Reproductive Technologies And Provide Protections.
STATUS
Introduced
S0855 - Healthcare Study Committee Joint Resolution
Thomas C. Davis, Penry Gustafson
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establish The Healthcare Market Reform Study Committee, To Provide For The Study Committee's Membership And The Committee's Affiliated Nonvoting Advisory Board, To Provide That The Committee Shall Study Whether To Recommend The Adoption Of Various Measures Affecting The Provision Of Health Care Services In South Carolina And The Potential Benefits Associated With These Measures, To Require The Study Committee To Issue A Report With Findings And Recommendations, To Require The Study Committee To Retain A Third Party, Independent, Expert Consultant, Or Consultants To Advise The Study Committee, And To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Study Committee.
STATUS
Introduced
S1129 - Junior League
Katrina Frye Shealy, Penry Gustafson
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate The Junior League Of Columbia Upon The Occasion Of Its One Hundredth Anniversary And To Commend Its Members For Their Many Years Of Dedicated Service To The Columbia Community And The People And The State Of South Carolina.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from South Carolina district SD-027
COMMITTEES
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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