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S0409 - Magistrates court
Thomas D. Corbin, David Wes Climer, A. Shane Massey
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 22-1-45 So As To Provide That It Shall Be Unlawful For A Current Member Of The Senate To Appear As Attorney At Law In A Magistrates Court Located In A County Represented By The Senator.
STATUS
Introduced
S0439 - Stabilizing Braces
Joshua Brett Kimbrell, Shane R. Martin, David Wes Climer
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Request That The Attorney General Initiate Or Join Existing Litigation Challenging The Constitutionality Of The Federal Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms' New Regulation Related To Stabilizing Braces In Order To Protect The Second Amendment Rights Of All South Carolinians.
STATUS
Introduced
S0446 - Watercraft
Rex Fontaine Rice
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-23-11, Relating To Watercraft Dealer Demonstration Numbers, So As To Delete Provisions Regarding An Application Fee, The Expiration Of Demonstration Numbers, And The Use Of Fee Revenue; By Amending Section 50-23-70, Relating To Watercraft Certificate Of Number Fees And Decals, So As To Delete The Provision That Prohibits The Issuance Of Duplicate Decals When Ad Valorem Taxes Are Outstanding; By Amending Section 50-23-340, Relating To The Application Fee For Watercraft Certificates Of Number, So As To Increase The Fee; By Amending Section 50-23-345, Relating To Temporary Watercraft Certificates Of Number, So As To Delete The Provision Prohibiting The Issuance Of A Temporary Certificate Number Until Ad Valorem Taxes Are Paid For The Year; By Amending Section 50-23-370, Relating To Expiration And Renewal Of Watercraft Certificates Of Number, So As To Provide That A Certificate Of Number Continues In Effect For Three Years Instead Of One Year, And To Delete Provisions Regarding The Issuance Of Renewal Notices And Processing Of Renewals By County Auditors; By Repealing Sections 50-23-12 And 50-23-35 Relating To The Completion Of Certain Change In Status Forms For Watercraft And Outboard Motor Trade-ins And To The Issuance Of Watercraft Titles Upon Receipt Of Evidence Of Ad Valorem Tax Payment, Respectively; By Repealing Article 26 Of Chapter 37, Title 12 Relating To Procedures Concerning Assessments And Payments For Property Taxation Of Boats And Watercraft And The Issuance Of Certificates Of Number For Boats And Watercraft.
STATUS
Introduced
S0533 - SC Justice Act
Thomas C. Alexander, Harvey Smith Peeler, Ronnie W. Cromer
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 15-38-15, 15-38-20(a), 15-38-40(b), And 15-38-50, All Relating To The South Carolina Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, To Include Persons Or Entities For The Purposes Of Allocation Of Fault And To Make Conforming Changes.
STATUS
Introduced
S0538 - Tenure
Joshua Brett Kimbrell, Robert Michael Johnson, Brian R. Adams
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-15 So As To Limit Tenure And To Provide That Institutions Of Higher Learning Must Create A Tenure Review Process.
STATUS
Engrossed
S0510 - Hal Peck 100th Birthday
Thomas R. Young, Brian R. Adams, Thomas C. Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate World War Ii Veteran Mr. Hal Peck On The Occasion Of His One Hundredth Birthday And To Wish Him A Joyous Birthday Celebration And Much Happiness In The Days Ahead.
STATUS
Passed
S0506 - Protection of Minors from Pornography and Obscenities Act
Brian R. Adams, Joshua Brett Kimbrell, Robert Michael Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "protection Of Minors From Pornography And Obscenities Act" By Amending Section 16-15-375, Relating To Definitions Applicable To The Article Regarding Obscenity Laws, So As To Amend The Definitions Of "harmful To Minors" And "material" To Include Any Portion Of Materials And Performances That May Be Considered Obscene, And To Define The Term "profane Language"; And By Amending Section 16-15-385, Relating To The Offenses Of Disseminating Harmful Material To Minors And Exhibiting Harmful Performances To Minors, Defenses, And Penalties, So As To Limit The Affirmative Defense Provided By The Statute Only To The Teaching Of Age-appropriate Sex Education And Human Biology Curriculum.
STATUS
Introduced
S0531 - Carolina Day at the State House
Nikki Giles Setzler, Brian R. Adams, Thomas C. Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 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 February 14, 2023, "carolina Day" At The State House.
STATUS
Passed
S0585 - Adult Cabaret Performances
Joshua Brett Kimbrell, Robert Michael Johnson, Rex Fontaine Rice
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-15-450 So As To Prohibit Adult Cabaret Performances On Public Property And In Places Where Such A Performance Can Be Viewed By Minors, And To Define Necessary Terms.
STATUS
Introduced
S0672 - Missing persons
Rex Fontaine Rice
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "help Find The Missing Act"; And By Adding Section 23-1-260 So As To Define Certain Terms, Provide Circumstances When Coroners Or Medical Examiners Must Refer Decedents' Bodies For Examination To Sled's Forensic Services Laboratory Which Must Retain And Furnish Certain Information About The Persons To The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System, To Require The Collection Of Dental Records By Law Enforcement Agencies Of Persons Who Are Subjects Of Missing Persons Reports Under Certain Circumstances, To Provide For The Reporting Of Missing Persons In Certain Databases, To Require Sled To Adopt Rules Relating To The Dissemination Of Missing Persons' Records, To Provide Law Enforcement Agencies May Not Establish Or Maintain Policies Which Require A Waiting Period Before Accepting And Investigating Missing Child Reports And Must Enter The Reports Into The National Crime Information Center, To Provide When Missing Persons Are Found, Law Enforcement Agencies Must Inform Sled And The National Institute Of Justice That The Persons Have Been Found, To Provide This Section Does Not Prohibit Certain Agencies And Persons From Maintaining Case Files Related To Missing Citizens Or Unidentified Bodies, And To Provide Sled Shall Perform Annually A Compliance Review Of The Provisions Contained In This Section.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from South Carolina district SD-002
COMMITTEES
South Carolina Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Rex Fontaine Rice was born in Rhea County, Tennessee in 1953. He received his Bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University in 1976 and later earned his Master's in Public Administration from the University of Tennessee in 1978. Rice served as County Executive for Rhea County from 2006 to 2018. He was also a high school government teacher as well as varsity basketball coach. Additionally, Rice has owned several small businesses over the past 35 years. In 2018, Rice was elected to represent Tennessee's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.read less
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South Carolina Senate from South Carolina
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