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H3448 - Government electronic devices
Heather Bauer, Bobby J. Cox, Brandon Guffey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-1-499 So As To Require The Department Of Administration To Prohibit The Electronic Devices It Manages From Access And Use Of Websites And Applications That Threaten Cybersecurity And Infrastructure From Foreign And Domestic Threats, Such As Tiktok.
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Introduced
H3033 - Assault and Battery of Certain Public Servants
Thomas E. Pope, Christopher Sloan Wooten, Jerry T. Carter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-600, Relating To Assault And Battery Offenses, So As To Add That Assault And Battery Of A High And Aggravated Nature Occurs When A Person Injures A Federal, State, Or Local Law Enforcement Officer Or Corrections Officer, A Firefighter, Or An Emergency Medical Services (ems) Worker In The Discharge Of Or Because Of Their Official Duties.
STATUS
Introduced
H3363 - Sex offenders
Thomas E. Pope, Christopher Sloan Wooten
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-3-557 So As To Provide The Circumstance In Which Sex Offenders May Have Contact Or Custody With Their Or Any Other Minor Children, To Provide Offenders Must Report The Names And Addresses Of Their Minor Children To The Court, And Provide The Solicitor Must Provide Nonoffending Parents Information About Safeguarding Minors From Offending Parents.
STATUS
Introduced
H3225 - Certificate of Foreign Birth
Thomas E. Pope
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-63-145 So As To Require The Department Of Health And Environmental Control To Issue Upon Receipt Of Certain Documentation A Certificate Of Foreign Birth For A Child With United States Citizenship Who Is Born In A Foreign Country To A Parent Who Is A Resident Of South Carolina; And By Amending Section 44-63-140, Relating To Supplementary Or Amended Birth Certificates, So As To Make A Technical Correction.
STATUS
Introduced
H3189 - Contraband cell phones
Christopher Sloan Wooten, Wm. Weston Newton, Jerry T. Carter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "contraband Cell Phone Act" By Adding Chapter 4 To Title 24 So As To Provide Necessary Definitions, To Allow Supervising Law Enforcement Officers With Reasonable Suspicion To Believe That Contraband Cell Phones Exist In A Prison Or Local Detention Facility To Authorize The Use Of Any Electronic Device To Detect And Confirm Such Presence, To Allow Supervising Law Enforcement Officers Who Confirm The Presence Of Contraband Cell Phones To Apply For An Ex Parte Order Requesting Suspension Of Service For Such Contraband Cell Phones, To Authorize The Circuit Courts Of This State To Issue Ex Parte Orders Requiring Cellular Service Providers To Suspend Cellular Service To Identified Contraband Cell Phones, To Require Cellular Service Providers To Discontinue Cellular Service To Contraband Cell Phones Upon Receipt Of Orders Issued Pursuant To This Chapter, To Allow Cellular Service Subscribers Affected By Orders Issued Pursuant To This Chapter To Challenge The Suspension Of Service, And To Provide Immunity From Civil Liability To Certain Persons And Entities For Compliance With The Provisions Of This Chapter; And By Adding Section 24-3-975 So As To Provide That, Subject To Certain Exceptions, It Is Unlawful To Possess Within Or Introduce Upon The Grounds Of A Correctional Facility A Telecommunication Device, To Define The Term "telecommunication Device", And To Provide A Penalty For A Violation Of This Provision.
STATUS
Introduced
H3774 - Abortion Ban with Exceptions
John R. Mccravy, Murrell Smith, Davey R. Hiott
Last updated over 1 year ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "human Life Protection Act"; By Adding Article 7 To Chapter 41, Title 44 So As To Ban Abortions In This State, To Provide For Exceptions To The Ban On Abortions, To Protect The Use Of Contraceptives And Alternative Reproductive Technologies, To Provide Penalties, To Provide A Civil Cause Of Action For Failure To Comply With The Requirements Of This Article, To Provide That A Woman Cannot Be Prosecuted For Having An Abortion, To Provide That Physicians Or Other Licensed Professionals Shall Lose Their License For Violations Of This Article, And To Provide That A Woman's Name May Remain Anonymous In Proceedings Initiated Pursuant To This Article; By Adding Section 44-41-90 So As To Provide That The State Health Insurance Program May Not Pay For Abortions, To Prohibit State Funds From Being Used For The Purchase Of Fetal Tissue Or Fetal Remains Obtained From An Abortion, And To Defund Planned Parenthood; By Adding Section 63-17-325 So As To Require A Biological Father To Pay Child Support Beginning At Conception; By Adding Section 38-71-146 So As To Require All Individual And Group Health Insurance And Hmo Policies To Cover Contraceptives; By Requiring The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority To Cover Prescribed Contraceptives For Dependents; By Amending Section 44-41-710, Relating To Construction And Application Of This Article, So As To Remove Language Related To Implicit Repeal; By Amending Section 44-41-480, Relating To Construction Against Implicit Repeal Of Existing Law, So As To Remove Language Related To Implicit Repeal; By Repealing Section 44-41-20 Relating To Legal Abortions; By Amending Section 44-41-70, Relating To Promulgation Of Rules And Regulations For Certification Of Hospitals And Other Facilities, So As To Delete A Reference To Section 44-41-20; And By Providing An Unconditional Right To Intervene In Challenges To This Act By The President Of The Senate And The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3452 - Celebrate Freedom Week
James Mikell Burns, William M. Chumley, Thomas Beach
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-29-33 So As To Observe "celebrate Freedom Week" In South Carolina Public Schools, To Designate A Certain Week In September For This Annual Observation Week, To Provide Specific Requirements For The Observation Week, And To Provide Related Implementation Requirements For The State Department Of Education And State Board Of Education.
STATUS
Introduced
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
H3617 - Paid family leave
Beth E. Bernstein, Thomas E. Pope, Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 8-11-150 And 8-11-155, Both Relating To Paid Parental Leave, So As To Increase The Number Of Weeks Of Paid Parental Leave In The Event Of The Birth Or Adoption Of A Child For Eligible State Employees.
STATUS
Introduced
H3682 - Animal Cruelty
Christopher J. Murphy, Elizabeth S. Wetmore, William H. Bailey
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 47-1-140, Relating To The Care Of Animals After The Arrest Of The Owner, So As To Remove Provisions Regarding A Lien On The Seized Animal; By Amending Section 47-1-145, Relating To Custody And Care Of Animals After The Arrest Of The Owner, So As To Outline Hearing Procedures For Ordering The Cost Of Care Of The Seized Animals; And By Amending Section 47-1-170, Relating To Penalties For Animal Cruelty, So As To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
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