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S0736 - Max Metcalf Award Recipient
Scott F. Talley
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Max K. Metcalf For Being The Recipient Of The 2023 Roger Milliken Defender Of Manufacturing Award.
STATUS
Passed
S0618 - Pastor Eddie W. Davis 40th Anniversary
John L. Scott, Brian R. Adams, Thomas C. Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Pastor Eddie W. Davis Upon The Occasion Of His Fortieth Anniversary As Pastor Of Little Zion Baptist Church And To Commend Him For His Many Years Of Service To His Congregation And To The Blythewood Community.
STATUS
Passed
S0739 - SC Housing Tax Credit
Nikki Giles Setzler, Thomas C. Alexander, Harvey Smith Peeler
Last updated about 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A Joint Resolution Providing For A One-time Authorization For Use Of Certain Remaining South Carolina Housing Tax Credits Provided Pursuant To Section 1.b.1 Of Act 202 Of 2022, Certain Remaining South Carolina Housing Tax Credits Authorized Pursuant To Section 12-6-3795 For The Tax Year Ending December 31, 2023, Certain Federal Low-income Housing Credits, And Not Exceeding $25 Million In One-time, Nonrecurring Funding From The South Carolina Housing Trust Fund Established Pursuant To Article 4 Of Chapter 13, Title 31 Of The South Carolina Code, All For The Limited Purpose Of Providing Supplemental Financial Support To Address Escalations And Other Costs For Certain Multifamily Housing Developments. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0777 - Kershaw County Women in Leadership
Thomas McElveen, Penry Gustafson, Brian R. Adams
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor The Women In Leadership In Kershaw County.
STATUS
Passed
S0845 - Probate
Luke A. Rankin, Ronnie A. Sabb, Scott F. Talley
Last updated 4 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 62-3-108, Relating To Probate, Testacy, Appointment Proceedings, And Ultimate Time Limit, So As To Allow Appropriate Appointment Proceedings In Relation To An Individual's Estate, Regardless Of The Individual's Date Of Death, For The Sole Purpose Of Allowing A Claim To Be Made Pursuant To The "sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxics Act Of 2022". - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0913 - Judicial election
Luke A. Rankin, Ronnie A. Sabb, Scott F. Talley
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Fix Noon On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, As The Time To Elect A Successor To A Certain Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court, Upon His Retirement On Or Before July 31, 2024, And The Successor Will Fill A New Term Of That Office Which Will Expire July 31, 2034; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Court Of Appeals, Seat 8, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Court Of Appeals, Seat 9, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2028; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, Upon His Retirement On Or Before December 31, 2024, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2028; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2025; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, Upon His Retirement On Or Before December 31, 2024, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2025; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, And The Successor Will Fill A New Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2030; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, Upon His Retirement On Or Before December 31, 2024, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2028; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Circuit Court, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, At-large, Seat 4, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2027; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, At-large, Seat 8, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2027; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, At-large, Seat 11, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Expires June 30, 2026; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Circuit Court, At-large, Seat 16, Upon His Retirement On Or Before December 31, 2024, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office Which Will Expire June 30, 2025; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Family Court, First Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Family Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Family Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office, Which Will Expire June 30, 2025; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Family Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Seat 6, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office, Which Will Expire June 30, 2028; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Family Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office, Which Will Expire June 30, 2025; To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Family Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, Upon His Retirement On Or Before July 1, 2024, And The Successor Will Fill The Unexpired Term Of That Office, Which Will Expire June 30, 2028; To Elect A Judge To A Newly Created Seat For The Family Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, Whose Term Will Be From July 1, 2024, Until June 30, 2030; And To Elect A Successor To A Certain Judge Of The Administrative Law Court, Seat 1, Whose Term Will Expire June 30, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
S0627 - Gender Identity
Danny B. Verdin, Richard J. Cash, Shane R. Martin
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-47-300 So As To Define Gender, Sex, And Other Terms; By Adding Section 40-47-310 So As To Prohibit The Provision Of Gender Transition Procedures To A Person Under Eighteen Years Of Age; By Adding Section 40-47-320 So As To Provide Exceptions; By Adding Section 40-47-330 So As To Prohibit The Use Of Public Funds For Gender Transition Procedures; By Adding Section 40-47-340 So As To Provide Penalties; And By Adding Section 59-32-36 So As To Prohibit School Staff And Officials From Withholding Knowledge Of A Minor's Perception Of Their Gender From The Minor's Parents.
STATUS
Introduced
S0400 - Medal of Valor recipients involved in Aiken County kidnapping
Thomas R. Young, A. Shane Massey, Nikki Giles Setzler
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Law Enforcement Officers Of The Aiken County Sheriff's Office, The South Carolina Highway Patrol, And The North Augusta Department Of Public Safety And To Congratulate Them For Being Awarded The South Carolina Sheriffs' Association Medal Of Valor.
STATUS
Passed
S0417 - Medal of Valor winner (Incident 12)
Thomas McElveen, Kevin L. Johnson, Brian R. Adams
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution To Recognize And Honor Lieutenant Robert Reynolds Of The Sumter County Sheriff's Office And To Congratulate Him On Being Awarded The South Carolina Sheriffs' Association Medal Of Valor.
STATUS
Passed
S0779 - Energy Independence and Risk Reduction Act
Scott F. Talley
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "energy Independence And Risk Reduction Act"; By Amending Section 58-3-20, Relating To Membership On The Public Service Commission, So As To Revise The Number Of Commissioners From Seven To Five Statewide, At-large Seats With Certain Residency Requirements, And To Provide For The Terms; By Amending Section 58-3-250, Relating To Final Orders And Decisions By The Public Service Commission, So As To Require The Commission To Provide Rationales For Its Primary Conclusions For Verbal Directives And To Require Published Final Orders And Decisions Within Ninety Days After The Verbal Directive; By Amending Section 58-4-10, Relating To The Public Interest For The Office Of Regulatory Staff, So As To Modify The Standard Of Public Interest; By Amending Section 58-4-40, Relating To The Conflict Of Interest For Office Of Regulatory Staff Employees, So As To Exclude An Office Of Regulatory Staff Employee From Participating In A Matter Regulated By The Public Service Commission Involving The Employee's Former Employer For Five Years; By Adding Section 58-27-256 So As To Require Electrical Utilities To Establish A Task Force To Ensure Community-driven Transition In The Closing And Decommissioning Of Coal Generating Plants; By Amending Section 58-27-865, Relating To Fuel Costs, So As To Require The Public Service Commission To Establish A Fuel Cost Recovery Mechanism With Certain Requirements; By Amending Section 58-27-2100, Relating To Public Service Commission Findings And Orders, So As To Require The Commission To Provide Rationales For Its Primary Conclusions For Verbal Directives And To Require Published Final Orders And Decisions Within Ninety Days After The Verbal Directive; By Adding Article 25 To Chapter 27, Title 58 So As To Permit The Issuance Of Ratepayer Protection Bonds And To Provide For Standards And Procedures Related To Those Bonds; By Amending Section 58-31-227, Relating To Renewable Energy Facilities And Resources, So As To Provide For Energy Storage Facilities And Ancillary Services; By Amending Section 58-33-110, Relating To A Certificate Required Before Construction Of A Major Utility Facility, So As To Permit An All-source Bidding Process; By Amending Section 58-37-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Terms "cost-effective" And "demand-side Management Pilot Program", And To Change "demand-side Activity" To "demand-side Management Program"; By Amending Section 58-37-20, Relating To The Public Service Commission's Procedures Encouraging Energy Efficiency And Conservation, So As To Provide For A Finding By The General Assembly Relating To Public Interest Related To Demand-side Management Programs, And To Require Investor-owned Utilities To Submit An Annual Report To The Commission Regarding Its Demand-side Management Programs And Standards For Commission Review; By Amending Section 58-37-30, Relating To Reports On Demand-side Activities Of Gas And Electrical Utilities, So As To Make A Technical Change; By Adding Section 58-37-35 So As To Provide Standards For Electrical Utility Programs And Customer Incentives To Encourage Demand-side Management Programs; By Amending Section 58-37-40, Relating To Integrated Resource Plans, So As To Establish A General Assembly Finding Of A Need To Encourage Economic Development And Investments, Energy Independence, And Protect Natural Resources, And To Provide Standards For A Utility's Energy Transition As It Relates To The Public Interest; By Adding Section 58-37-70 So As To Require Various Electrical Utilities To File A Low-income Affordability Tariff With The Public Service Commission; By Amending Section 58-41-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Establish The Definition Of "energy Storage Facility"; By Amending Section 58-41-20, Relating To Proceedings For Electrical Utilities Regarding Avoided Cost Methodologies, Standard Offers, Form Contracts, And Commitment To Sell Forms, So As To Provide That The Public Service Commission May Open A Generic Docket To Create Programs For Competitive Procurement Of Energy And Capacity From Energy Storage Facilities; By Adding Section 58-41-25 So As To Establish Filing Requirements, Standards, And Proceedings For Competitive Procurement Programs For Renewable Energy, Energy Storage Facilities, Or Their Output; By Amending Section 58-41-30, Relating To Voluntary Renewable Energy Programs, So As To Establish Considerations For The Public Service Commission For Voluntary Clean Energy Programs And Establish Requirements For These Programs; By Adding Chapter 43 To Title 58 Entitled "resilient Energy Resources And Renewable Energy Microgrids"so As To Provide Standards And Procedures For Resilient Energy Resources And Renewable Energy Microgrids; To Require The Public Service Commission To Reevaluate Filing Schedules For An Electrical Utility's Integrated Resource Plan; To Permit The Public Utilities Review Committee To Retain An Expert To Conduct A Study And Prepare A Report Regarding Other States' Commissions; And To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Study The Possible Creation Of A Third-party Administrator For Energy Efficiency Programs And Other Demand-side Management Programs.
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Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from South Carolina district SD-012
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South Carolina Senate
BIRTH
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Scott F. Talley was born in 1961 in the U.S. state of Washington. He attended Seattle University where he obtained his B.A. In 1987, Talley graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree. From 1987 to 1988, he served as a judicial law clerk for Chief Justice Vernon R. Pearson of the Washington State Supreme Court. Talley worked in the criminal division of the Washington Attorney General's office before entering private practice as a criminal defense attorney. From 2013 to 2014, he served as the president of the Washington State Bar Association.read less
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