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H3553 - Adoption
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated about 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-9-750, Relating To Final Adoption Hearings, So As To Eliminate The Mandatory Ninety-day Waiting Period To Finalize An Adoption; By Amending Sections 63-7-1710, 63-7-2530, 63-9-710, And 63-7-1660, All Relating To Child Permanency Proceedings, So As To Make Certain Changes To Expedite Permanency For Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services; By Amending Section 63-7-40, Relating To Infant Safe Havens, So As To Allow The Permanency Planning Hearing And Termination Of Parental Rights Hearing To Occur In The Same Proceeding, With Exceptions; By Amending Section 63-9-30, Relating To Terms Defined In The South Carolina Adoption Act, So As To Change The Definition Of "special Needs Child"; And By Amending Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Make Certain Changes To Promote Timely Permanence For Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services; And For Other Purposes. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3666 - Virginia "Ginny" Siano-Eck
William E. Sandifer, Terry Alexander, Carl L. Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
124 Co-Sponsors
Recognize And Honor Virginia "ginny" Siano-eck, Founder Of Seneca's Foothills Dance Conservatory, On Her Many Years Of Outstanding Dance Instruction And To Congratulate The Conservatory On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Its Production Of The Nutcracker In December 2022.
STATUS
Passed
H3667 - Wren High School volleyball champs
April Cromer, Terry Alexander, Carl L. Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
124 Co-Sponsors
Recognize And Honor The Wren High School Varsity Volleyball Team, Coaches, And School Officials For An Extraordinary Season And To Congratulate Them For Winning The 2022 South Carolina Class Aaa State Championship Title.
STATUS
Passed
H3394 - South Carolina Hands Free Act
Bill Taylor, John Taliaferro West, Donald Chapman
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Hands-free And Distracted Driving Act"; By Adding Section 56-5-3995 So As To Provide The Circumstances Upon Which It Is Unlawful To Use Wireless Telecommunications Devices, To Create The Offense Of Distracted Driving, And To Provide Penalties; By Amending Section 56-1-720, Relating To The Point System Established And The Schedule Of Points For Violations, So As To Provide A Second Or Subsequent Offense Of Distracted Driving Is A Two-point Violation; To Provide The Department Of Transportation Shall Erect Signs Advising Motorists Of The Provisions Of This Act; By Repealing Section 56-5-3890 Relating To Operating A Motor Vehicle While Using An Electronic Communications Device; To Provide Law Enforcement Officers Shall Issue Warnings For Certain Violations Of This Act During The Ninety-day Period Following Its Effective Date; And To Provide At The End Of Each Fiscal Year, The Department Of Public Safety Shall Issue A Report Containing The Age, Gender, And Race Of Every Driver Issued A Citation.
STATUS
Introduced
H3508 - Jurisdiction
Sylleste H. Davis, Murrell Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 3-1-150 And 63-3-510, Relating To Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands Relinquished By The United States And The Exclusive Original Jurisdiction Of The Family Court, Respectively, So As To Provide For Concurrent Jurisdiction With The United States In Certain Matters Involving Juveniles Within A Military Installation.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3481 - Child Custody
Stewart O. Jones, Thomas Case Brittain, Gil A. Gatch
Last updated over 1 year ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-15-220, Relating To Parenting Plans, So As To Create A Rebuttable Presumption That It Is In The Best Interest Of The Child To Spend Approximately An Equal Amount Of Time With Each Parent When Both Parents Are Willing, Able, And Fit; And By Amending Section 63-15-240, Relating To Child Custody Orders, So As To Require The Court To Take Into Consideration Certain Factors When Determining What Is In The Best Interest Of A Child, To Require That A Child Custody Order Include Findings Of Fact If The Time-sharing Schedule Does Not Allocate Approximately Equal Parenting Time To Each Parent, And To Provide Requirements To Modify Child Custody Orders.
STATUS
Introduced
H3503 - Trafficking in Fentanyl
Leon D. Gilliam, Thomas E. Pope, Bill Taylor
Last updated over 1 year ago
47 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; By Amending Section 44-53-370, Relating To Narcotics And Controlled Substances Prohibited Acts And Penalities, So As To Add Trafficking In Fentanyl; By Adding Section 44-53-393 So As To Provide That The Term "drug Paraphernalia" Does Not Include Certain Testing Equipment; And By Adding Section 44-53-379 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Certain Individuals Who Have Been Convicted Of Certain Drug-related Crimes To Possess A Firearm Or Ammunition Within This State. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3558 - Safety Plans and Relative Placements
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 63-7-693 And 63-7-696 So As To Require Parties To Execute A Safety Plan Before The Department Of Social Services May Place A Child Outside The Home Without Taking Legal Custody, To Establish Limitations On The Use Of A Safety Plan For Child Protection, And For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 63-7-650, Relating To The Placement Of A Child Outside The Home Instead Of Entering State Custody, So As To Change Certain Requirements Relating To Assessing The Safety And Appropriateness Of An Out-of-home Placement; By Amending Section 63-7-690, Relating To The Allowable Timeframe To Make An Interim Out-of-home Placement Of A Child, So As To Change The Timeframe; And By Amending Section 63-7-730, Relating To Expedited Placement Of Child With A Relative At The Probable Cause Hearing, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3532 - Bond Reform
Murrell Smith, Thomas E. Pope, John R. Mccravy
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-15-270 So As To Create An Additional Offense Punishable By Up To Five Years If A Person Commits A Subsequent Violent Crime While Subject To A Bond Order Or Pretrial Release Order For A Previous Violent Crime; By Amending Section 17-15-15, Relating To Cash Deposits In Lieu Of Bond, So As To Provide That If The Court Finds That A Defendant May Be Released On Bond Who Has Been Charged With A Violent Offense Or Any Felony Offense Involving A Firearm While Out On Bond Or Other Pretrial Release, The Bond Must Be Set At The Full United States Cash Currency Bond Rather Than Ten Percent; By Amending Section 17-15-30, Relating To Matters To Be Considered In Determining Conditions Of Release, So As To Include Whether A Person Is Currently Out On Bond For Another Offense; By Adding Section 17-15-35 So As To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide Procedures For Court-ordered Electronic Monitoring In Lieu Of Setting Bond Or As An Additional Condition Of Bond; By Adding Section 17-15-37 So As To Authorize The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division To Promulgate Regulations Regarding Electronic Monitoring And To Provide Parameters For Which An Electronic Monitoring Agency Must Operate Within; By Amending Section 17-15-55, Relating To Reconsideration Of Bond By The Circuit Court Set By A Summary Court, So As To Provide A Defendant Must Be Advised Of His Right To A Speedy Trial And To Provide Procedures Related To Speedy Trials, To Provide For The Revocation Of Previous Bond If A Person Commits A Violent Offense Or A Felony Offense Involving A Firearm Which Was Committed While The Person Was Already Out On Bond For A Previous Violent Offense Or Felony Offense Involving A Firearm, To Require A Full Bond Under Certain Repeat Offender Circumstances, And To Provide Conforming Procedures; By Amending Section 22-5-510, Relating To Bail And Bond Hearings And Conditions Of Release, So As To Include Whether A Person Is Currently Out On Bond For Another Offense; By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To The Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Prohibit Credit For Time Served Prior To Trial And Sentencing When The Prisoner Committed A Subsequent Crime While Out On Bond Or Had Bond Revoked On Any Charge Prior To Trial Or Plea; By Amending Section 24-13-425, Relating To The Offense Of Tampering With An Electronic Monitoring Device, So As To Delete An Unnecessary Definition And Exempt Certain Authorized Employees Or Agents From The Purview Of The Statute; By Adding Section 17-15-500 So As To Establish The South Carolina Pretrial Reform Commission, Provide For Its Membership And Duties, And Terminate The Commission On A Date Certain; By Amending Section 38-53-10, Relating To Defintions For Purposes Of The Chapter On Bail Bondsmen And Runners, So As To Revise The Definition Of "surety Bondsman" And Define The Term "electronic Monitoring"; By Amending Section 38-53-50, Relating To Surety Relieved On Bond, So As To Make A Technical Change Regarding Nonpayment Of Premium Fees Alone Not Being Sufficient To Warrant Immediate Incarceration Of The Defendant; By Amending Section 38-53-70, Relating To The Issuance Of Bench Warrants For Failure To Appear, So As To Revise The Statute To Apply More Broadly When A Defendant Violates The Conditions Of Bond And Revise Time Frames Provided For The Notice Of The Bench Warrant; By Adding Section 38-53-84 So As To Require Notification To The Appropriate Solicitor If A Defendant Violates An Order For Electronic Monitoring, To Provide For Relief From The Bond If The Defendant Fails To Pay For The Monitoring, And To Provide For Possible Revocation Of A Bondsman's License For Failure To Comply With Reporting Requirements; By Amending Section 38-53-170, Relating To Unlawful Acts By Bondsmen And Runners, So As To Provide Additional Payment Procedures And Expense Reimbursement Procedures; By Amending Section 38-53-310, Relating To Written Bail Bond Reports That Must Be Filed Each Month With The Clerk Of Court, So As To Include Current Data Retained As An Express Condition Of Bond, And To Allow For The Use Of A Data Management Software System In Lieu Of The Written Report; And By Adding Section 38-53-55 So As To Require A Person Engaged In Electronic Monitoring Of A Defendant Charged With A Violent Offense To Report To The Court And Law Enforcement Officials If The Defendant Has Contact With The Alleged Victim. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3554 - Adoption
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-9-520, Relating To Adoption Investigations And Reports, So As To Give The Court The Discretion To Waive The Requirement For Certain Preplacement Reports And Any Postplacement Investigation And Report; And By Amending Section 63-9-510, Relating To Temporary Placement And Custody Of Adoptees, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
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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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