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S0708 - SCCAMRS Update
Thomas R. Young, Katrina Frye Shealy, Sandra J. Senn
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-11-420, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To The South Carolina Children's Advocacy Medical Response System, So As To Define Child Abuse Medical Services; And By Amending Section 63-11-430, Relating To Program Requirements, So As To Provide For The Inclusion Of South Carolina Network Of Children's Advocacy Centers And Children's Hospitals In The Program.
STATUS
Introduced
S0444 - JMSC Reform
A. Shane Massey, David Wes Climer, Rex Fontaine Rice
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-80(a), Relating To The Nomination Of Qualified Judicial Candidates To The General Assembly, So As To Provide That The Judicial Merit Screening Commission Must Submit The Names Of All Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
S0305 - Work Experience Credit for New Teachers
Thomas R. Young, Robert Michael Johnson, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-60 So As To Provide That An Individual's Prior Work Experience May Be Awarded On An Initial Teaching Certificate If The Prior Experience Is In Or Related To The Content Field Of The Certificate, And To Provide That Existing Certificate Holders May Also Receive The Same Credit For Prior Work Experience.
STATUS
Engrossed
S1011 - USC Day
Nikki Giles Setzler, Gerald Malloy, C. Bradley Hutto
Last updated 8 months ago
35 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 Tuesday, February 13, 2024, "carolina Day" At The State House.
STATUS
Passed
S0915 - Executive Office of Health Policy
Harvey Smith Peeler, Thomas C. Alexander, Nikki Giles Setzler
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Create The Executive Office Of Health And Policy And Provide For The Duties Of The Secretary Of The Agency; By Amending Section 1-30-10, Relating To Departments Of State Government, So As To Dissolve Several Departments And Create The State Office Of The Secretary Of Public Health And Policy; By Amending Section 8-17-370, Relating To The Mediation Of Grievances By The State Human Resources Director So As To Add The Secretary Of Health And Policy, The Directors Of The Component Departments Of The Executive Office Of Health And Policy, And All Direct Reports To The Secretary And To Directors Of The Component Departments; By Amending Section 43-21-70, Relating To The Employment Of The Director Of The Department And Advisory Council On Aging, So As To Provide That The Secretary Of Health And Policy Shall Appoint A Director To Be The Administrative Officer Of The Department On Aging; And To Repeal Title 44, Chapter 9 Relating To The State Department Of Mental Health.
STATUS
Engrossed
S0125 - Scholarship Stipend
Greg Hembree, Ross Turner, Thomas R. Young
Last updated 4 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-149-15, Relating To Additional Life Scholarship Stipends For Science And Mathematics Majors, So As To Extend Stipend Availability To Education Majors, To Define Education Majors And Redefine Science And Mathematics Majors To Make Conforming Changes And Other Revisions, To Provide Education Major Stipend Recipients Must Contractually Agree To Teach In South Carolina Public Schools For Certain Periods Of Time, And To Provide Grandfather Provisions For Certain Existing Stipend Recipients, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-104-25, Relating To Additional Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Stipends For Science And Mathematics Majors, So As To Extend Stipend Availability To Education Majors, To Define Education Majors And Redefine Science And Mathematics Majors To Make Conforming Changes And Other Revisions, To Provide Education Major Stipend Recipients Must Contractually Agree To Teach In South Carolina Public Schools For Certain Periods Of Time, And To Provide Grandfather Provisions For Certain Existing Stipend Recipients, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-149-50, Relating To Life Scholarship Eligibility, So As To Include The Act Test As An Option For Eligibility, To Provide The Commission On Higher Education Shall Determine The Minimum Qualifying Act Score, To Provide This Minimum Qualifying Score Must Be The Equivalent Of The Minimum Qualifying Sat Score, To Provide The Commission Periodically Shall Adjust These Minimum Qualifying Scores Commensurate With Scoring Scale Adjustments Made By The Testing Provider, And To Provide College And Universities Must Consider The Minimum Scoring Requirement In Effect At The Time A Test Is Taken When Determining Whether An Individual Satisfies The Minimum Scoring Requirement; And By Amending Section 59-104-20, Relating To The Duration Of Palmetto Fellows Scholarships, So As To Provide Students Who Use Palmetto Fellows Scholarships To Attend Eligible Two-year Institutions Of Higher Learning Shall Receive A Maximum Of Four Continuous Semesters And May Continue To Use Scholarships To Attend An Eligible Four-year Institution, Subject To The Maximum Number Of Semesters Of Eligibility For The Scholarship. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0095 - Constitutional amendment proposed, Comptroller General
George E. Campsen, Sandra J. Senn, Danny B. Verdin
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
An Amendment To Section 7, Article Vi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To The Constitutional Officers Of This State, So As To Delete The Comptroller General From The List Of State Officers Which The Constitution Requires To Be Elected And Provide That The Comptroller General Must Be Appointed By The Governor Upon The Advice And Consent Of The Senate For A Term Coterminous With The Governor Upon The Expiration Of The Term Of The Comptroller General Serving In Office On The Date Of The Ratification Of This Provision.
STATUS
Engrossed
S0108 - Death Benefits for Law Enforcement Killed in the Line of Duty
Thomas C. Davis, John L. Scott, Joshua Brett Kimbrell
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-1-1770, Relating To Preretirement Death Benefit Programs Under The South Carolina Retirement System, So As To Provide For A Death Benefit For Law Enforcement Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty, To Provide For The Amount Of The Benefit, To Provide Who Shall Receive The Death Benefit Payment, And To Provide The Source Of The Revenue For The Payment; By Amending Section 9-11-120, Relating To A Preretirement Death Benefit Program Under The Police Officers Retirement System, So As To Provide For A Death Benefit For Law Enforcement Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty, To Provide For The Amount Of The Benefit, To Provide Who Shall Receive The Death Benefit Payment, And To Provide The Source Of The Revenue For The Payment; By Amending Section 42-7-90, Relating To Expenditures From The State Accident Fund, So As To Add "first Responder Line Of Duty Death Benefit"; And By Adding Section 42-7-220 So As To Establish The South Carolina First Responder Line Of Duty Death Benefit Fund. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0092 - Election protest deadlines
George E. Campsen, Sandra J. Senn, Billy Garrett
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-17-110 So As To Provide For The Extension Of An Election Protest Filing Deadline Which Falls On A Legal Holiday. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
S0160 - Admissibility of out-of-court statements made by children
Thomas R. Young, David Wes Climer
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 19-1-180(g), Relating To The Admissibility Of Out-of-court Statements Made By Children, So As To Add An Exception For Statements Made To Employees Or Agents Of Children's Advocacy Centers.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from South Carolina district SD-024
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South Carolina Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Thomas R. Young was born in Fremont, Michigan. He attended Northern Michigan University to earn his bachelor's degree and Wayne State University Law School for his Juris Doctorate. Young is an attorney with Rupert, Erben & Barnes P.C.. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Michigan. Young has a background as a village attorney and an assistant prosecuting attorney.read less
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