A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 5 TO TITLE 41 SO AS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO ESTABLISH POLICIES SUPPORTIVE OF COMPETITIVE AND INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, TO CREATE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE, TO CREATE THE "SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST OVERSIGHT COMMISSION", AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION, FUNCTION, AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
| 12/09/20 | House | Prefiled |
| 12/09/20 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry |
| 01/12/21 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 128) |
| 01/12/21 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 128) |
| 01/13/21 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins |
| 02/02/21 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer |
| 02/18/21 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson |
| 02/24/21 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 3) |
| 02/25/21 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey, Govan, S.Williams |
| 03/02/21 | House | Amended (House Journal-page 35) |
| 03/02/21 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 35) |
| 03/02/21 | House | Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-9 (House Journal-page 36) |
| 03/03/21 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 12) |
| 03/03/21 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 03/03/21 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 04/27/21 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 6) |
| 05/06/21 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 22) |
| 05/06/21 | Senate | Amended (Senate Journal-page 22) |
| 05/06/21 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 22) |
| 05/06/21 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 22) |
| 05/07/21 | | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 05/11/21 | Senate | Read third time and returned to House with amendments (Senate Journal-page 12) |
| 05/12/21 | House | Senate amendment amended (House Journal-page 67) |
| 05/12/21 | House | Returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 67) |
| 05/12/21 | House | Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-3 (House Journal-page 71) |
| 05/12/21 | Senate | Non-concurrence in House amendment (Senate Journal-page 25) |
| 05/13/21 | House | House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Cogswell, Collins, Jefferson (House Journal-page 48) |
| 05/13/21 | Senate | Conference committee appointed Shealy, Bennett, Sabb (Senate Journal-page 29) |
