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H3309 - Seizure Safe Schools Act
Leon D. Gilliam, Thomas E. Pope, Shannon S. Erickson
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "seizure Safe Schools Act" By Adding Section 59-10-215 So As To Provide Each School District And Charter School Shall Adopt A Seizure Training Program And To Provide The Purposes And Requirements Of The Programs; And By Amending Section 59-63-80, Relating To Individual Health Care Plans For Students With Special Health Care Needs, So As To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H4159 - Telehealth and Telemedicine Modernization Act
William G. Herbkersman, Sylleste H. Davis, Marvin M. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Telehealth And Telemedicine Modernization Act" By Adding Chapter 42 To Title 40 So As To Define Necessary Terms And Provide Requirements For Certain Regulated Health Care Professionals Who Provide Health Care By Means Of Telehealth; By Amending Section 40-47-20, Relating To Definitions In The Medical Practice Act, So As To Define "telehealth"; By Amending Section 40-47-37, Relating To The Practice Of Telemedicine, So As To Revise Requirements For The Practice Of Telemedicine And To Include Provisions Concerning Telehealth; To Amend Section 40-33-34, Relating To The Authority Of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses To Practice Telemedicine, So As To Also Authorize The Practice Of Telehealth By Advanced Practice Registered Nurses And To Clarify That Licensure To Practice Medicine In This State Is Not Required For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses To Practice Telemedicine Or Telehealth Except As Otherwise Required; And To Amend Section 40-47-935, Relating To The Authority Of Physician Assistants To Practice Telemedicine, So As To Also Authorize The Practice Of Telehealth By Physician Assistants And To Clarify That Licensure To Practice Medicine In This State Is Not Required For Physician Assistants To Practice Telemedicine Or Telehealth Except As Otherwise Required. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H4231 - Liquor Sales
Marvin M. Smith, Sylleste H. Davis, Beth E. Bernstein
Last updated 7 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 61-6-1155, Relating To Micro-distilleries, So As To Provide That A Micro-distillery May Sell Certain Liquors Distilled On The Premises On Sundays; And By Amending Section 61-6-4160, Relating To The Prohibition On The Sale Of Alcoholic Liquors On Certain Days, So As To Provide That Certain Local Governing Bodies May Authorize The Sale Of Alcoholic Liquors On Sundays Under Certain Circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
H4376 - Veterans, unclaimed remains
Bobby J. Cox, Marvin M. Smith, Micajah P. Caskey
Last updated 4 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 25-12-10, 25-12-30, And 25-12-50, All Relating To The Disposal Of Unclaimed Human Remains Of A Deceased Veteran, So As To Provide That The Provisions Of Chapter 12, Title 25 Also Apply To The Disposal Of Unclaimed Human Remains Of A Deceased Veteran And To Provide That The Provisions Of Chapter 12, Title 25 Are Mandatory Under Certain Circumstances; And By Amending Section 17-5-590, Relating To The Disposition Of Remains Of Unidentified Dead Bodies, So As To Require Coroners To Release Certain Human Remains That Have Been Determined To Be Those Of An Unclaimed Deceased Veteran To A Funeral Home, Funeral Establishment, Or Mortuary For Disposition Pursuant To Chapter 12, Title 25. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
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
STATUS
Passed
H4928 - Veterans' Trust Fund
Sylleste H. Davis, Bobby J. Cox, Christopher R. Hart
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 25-21-10, Relating To The Establishment Of The Veterans' Trust Fund, So As To Provide For Fundraising; And By Amending Section 25-21-30, Relating To The Duties And Functions Of The Veterans' Trust Fund Board Of Trustees, So As To Provide For The Ability To Fundraise. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3641 - Easley HS competitive cheer champs
Neal A. Collins, Terry Alexander, Carl L. Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
124 Co-Sponsors
Celebrate The Easley High School Competitive Cheer Team, Coaches, And School Officials For A Superb Season And To Congratulate Them On Capturing The 2022-2023 Class Aaaa State Championship Title.
STATUS
Passed
H3233 - Sexually Violent Predator Program
Christopher Sloan Wooten, Wm. Weston Newton, Jason T. Elliott
Last updated over 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 44-48-115 And 44-48-180 So As To Provide For The Right To Challenge Commitment To The Sexually Violent Predator Treatment Program Based On Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel And To Give Priority Status To Sexually Violent Predator Cases For Purposes Of Scheduling Court Proceedings Respectively; By Amending Sections 44-48-30, 44-48-40, 44-48-50, 44-48-80, 44-48-90, 44-48-100, 44-48-110, 44-48-120, 44-48-130, 44-48-150, And 44-48-160, All Relating To The Sexually Violent Predator Act, So As To Add Definitions For "qualified Evaluator" And "resident" And Change The Definition Of "likely To Engage In Acts Of Sexual Violence", To Establish Effective Dates For The Granting Of Supervised Reentry, To Require Multidisciplinary Teams To Determine Whether There Is Probable Cause To Believe A Person Is A Sexually Violent Predator, To Provide For The Use Of Court-appointed Qualified Evaluators And To Establish Certain Timelines For Evaluations, To Allow For The Use Of Independent, Qualified Evaluators In Certain Circumstances, To Require Courts To Conduct A Nonjury Hearing Before Release Of A Person Found Incompetent To Stand Trial, To Establish Certain Benchmarks For Additional Reviews Of Mental Conditions, To Establish Certain Requirements Regarding Evaluators In Proceedings On Petitions For Release, To Allow Access To Sealed Court Records By The Attorney General And Other Counsel Of Record, To Make Conforming Changes, And For Other Purposes; And By Amending Section 24-21-32, Relating To Reentry Supervision, So As To Make Inmates Determined To Be Sexually Violent Predators Ineligible For Reentry Supervision.
STATUS
Introduced
H3624 - Beverly Chrisman retirement
Murrell Smith, Terry Alexander, Carl L. Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
124 Co-Sponsors
Recognize And Honor Beverly D. Chrisman, Former Chair Of The Prisma Health Midlands Board, Upon The Occasion Of Her Retirement After More Than Twenty Years Of Exemplary Service On The Board, And To Wish Her Continued Success And Happiness In All Her Future Endeavors.
STATUS
Passed
H3014 - Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act
Wendell G. Gilliard, Patricia Moore Henegan, Russell L. Ott
Last updated over 1 year ago
68 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act"; By Adding Article 22 To Chapter 3, Title 16 So As To Entitle The Article "penalty Enhancements For Certain Crimes", To Provide Additional Penalties For Persons Who Commit Certain Delineated Crimes When The Victim Was Intentionally Selected Based On Certain Factors, And To Provide Victims Of A Violation Of The Article May Bring A Civil Action For Damages Sustained.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-100
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South Carolina House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sylleste H. Davis was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Cleveland public schools through the 8th grade before moving to California where she graduated high school. Sylleste received her Bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Georgia. She worked as a dental hygienist for over 20 years in California. In 2016, Sylleste founded a small business consulting firm focused on helping entrepreneurs. She also serves on several nonprofit boards supporting youth, education, and economic empowerment.read less
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