Bills Assigned to Keyword - 05.07.12 (22)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/26/2024


H 3665 Penalties for carrying a firearm into a business that sells alcohol05.08.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.05.02.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment strikes all of the language in the bill and replaces it with language from S1436.Summary of the bill as introduced: Establishes a penalty for anyone that carries a firearm into a business that sells alcoholic beer, liquor or wine for consumption.
Sponsor: Cooper House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 5/11/2012
Keywords: Accommodations/Hospitality Taxes Public Safety
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H 3918 Increases authority of the Aeronautics Division to regulate land around public airports05.30.12 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments deal with technical changes and do not have an impact on municipalities.05.09.12 A Senate Transportation Aeronautics subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. Senate legislative staff is still working on the amendment and as soon as it is available, it will be posted.04.11.12 A Senate Transportation subcommittee carried this bill over.02.07.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.01.31.12 The House Judiciary committee adjourned debate on this bill.01.25.12 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendment moves the Division of Aeronautics to the Budget and Control Board and removes the authority of the Division of Aeronautics to open and close local airports.05.17.11 The House Judiciary committee recommitted this bill to the subcommittee.04.27.11 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.04.13.11 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Increases the authority of the Division of Aeronautics to regulate land use in the vicinity of public airports and to remove imminent or foreseeable hazards to aviation safety.
Sponsor: White House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 270 Status Date: 7/9/2012
Keywords: Transportation
Passed
H 4088 Adds certain violations to offenses exempt from additional assessments in magistrates court05.09.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Add violations of fish, game and forestry to the offenses exempt from the additional assessments for offenses tried in magistrates court.
Sponsor: Ott House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Bright, Davis Status Date: 5/3/2012
Keywords: Courts
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H 4092 Smoking bans on campuses of public institutions of higher learning05.24.12 The Senate Medical Affairs committee gave this bill a favorable report.05.09.12 A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.03.21.12 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.03.06.12 The House Education and Public Works Higher Education subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment includes grounds adjacent to buildings.Summary of the bill as introduced: Prevents smoking in buildings on campuses of public institutions of higher learning when it is prohibited by the governing body of the institution.
Sponsor: Limehouse House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 188 Status Date: 6/18/2012
Keywords: Smoking Ban
Passed
H 4675 Clarifies the ban on video gaming machines05.08.12 The Senate Judiciary committe gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment only makes technical changes.Summary of the bill as introduced: Clarifies that existing regulations on bingo and raffles do not allow any devices prohibited under the state's current video gambling ban.
Sponsor: Henderson House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 5/11/2012
Keywords: General Governance
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H 4821 Filing court documents electronically05.29.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report.05.08.12 The Senate Judiciary committee recommitted the bill to the subcommittee.Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows the filing of court documents by electronic means from an integrated e-filing system and requires the fees generated from e-filing to be used for court technology.
Sponsor: G.M. Smith House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 269 Status Date: 7/9/2012
Keywords: Courts
Passed
H 5104 Testimony under oath to the General Assembly05.29.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment makes the oath voluntary and creates a $100 fine for the first offense.05.09.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. As soon as the amendment is written by Senate legislative staff, it will be posted.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires all testimony given to a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly  to be under oath and creates the offenses of contempt of the General Assembly and criminal contempt.
Sponsor: McLeod House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Read second time Status Date: 6/6/2012
Keywords: General Governance
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H 5131 Provides individuals with disabilities access to public pools05.24.12 The Senate Medical Affairs committee gave this bill a favorable report.05.09.12 A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Memorializes the US  Justice Department to revise its regulations for the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 pertaining to places of public accommodation providing individuals with disabilities access to amenities including access to pools. This resolution would require that this access may be provided by use of a portable chairlift, rather than a permanent chairlift.
Sponsor: Clemmons House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Adopted, returned to House with concurrence Status Date: 5/29/2012
Keywords: General Governance
Passed
H 5216 Allows candidates to file statements of economic interest05.09.12 The House Judiciary Election and Ethics Laws subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Gives any person that was prohibited from appearing on the June 2012 primary ballot as the result of failure to file a statement of economic interest an opportunity to file a statement of economic interest and appear on the ballot.
Sponsor: Clemmons House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Corbin, Chumley Status Date: 5/9/2012
Keywords: Elections
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H 5246 Background checks on neighborhood watch membersSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires a person who participates as a member of a neighborhood watch or crime watch must successfully undergo a criminal background check and a mental health evaluation.
Sponsor: Howard House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 5/9/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
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H 5249 Increases fines and penalties for injuring or killing a police dog or horseSummary of the bill as introduced: Increases and penalties and fines for maltreating, injuring or killing police dogs or horses and having reckless disregard that results in injury, disability or death of a guide dog or service animal.
Sponsor: Limehouse House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 5/9/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
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H 5250 Allows candidates that filed by noon on March 30 to be on the ballotSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows candidates that filed statements of economic interests by noon on March 30 to appear on the June 2012 primary ballot.
Sponsor: Young House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lowe Status Date: 5/17/2012
Keywords: Elections
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S 0390 Criminal record check fees reduced for municipalities05.08.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.05.02.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment would not allow resale of a background check if received at the $8 discounted rate.Summary of the bill as introduced: Clarifies the definition of charitable organizations which pay a reduced fee for criminal record searches to include local park and recreation volunteers through a commission, municipality or county.
Sponsor: Lourie House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 5/17/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
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S 0391 Changes the time that absentee ballots may be open in elections05.09.12 The House Judiciary Election and Ethics Laws subcommittee did not take action on this bill even though it was on the agenda.04.17.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment eliminates early voting.03.29.12 The House Judiciary Election and Ethics Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment outlines the notice requirements for elections held in the county. If a party nominates candidates by party primary, a party primary must be held on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year. Political parties nominating candidates must verify that each nominated candidates meets the requisite qualifications for the office which he has filed. The amendment includes the dates the primary elections are to be held. It also outlines the process for filling a vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmember.05.17.11 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. As soon as the amendment is available, it will be posted.04.28.11 The House Judiciary Election Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. As soon as the amendment is available, it will be posted.02.15.11 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment changes the time back to 2 p.m.02.10.11 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. As soon as the amendment is available, it will be posted.Summary of the bill as introduced: Changes the time in a general, municipal, special and primary election in which absentee ballots maybe opened from 2 p.m. to 9 a.m.
Sponsor: Campsen House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Returned to House; Third Degree Amendment Rejected Status Date: 5/29/2012
Keywords: Elections
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S 0934 Annexation and utility services outside of the annexed area05.29.12 The Sente Judiciary committee carried this bill over.05.08.12 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.05.01.12 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.04.24.12 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.04.17.12 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.04.11.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment provides that the bill only applies to airport districts.03.28.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.02.15.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires a municipality utilizing the definition of contiguous to annex property that is adjacent to a special purpose district but not the special purpose district itself to provide municipal services to the special purpose district at the same rate that entities within the municipality are charged.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Cleary (ch), Ford, S.Martin, Gregory Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Annexation
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S 1125 Ineligibility of people discharged from employment for cause to receive benefits05.09.12 The House Labor, Commerce and Industry committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.05.02.12 The House Labor, Commerce and Industry Business and Commerce subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment added langauge that clarified the ability of the Department of Employment and Workforce to disqualfy workers under certain defined circumstances.02.23.12 The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment corrects a technical error.02.22.12 A Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.02.01.12 The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry committee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Prevents a person discharged from employment for fraudulent activity from collecting unemployment benefits for 20 weeks beginning with the date the person filed the benefits request.
Sponsor: Bright House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 247 Status Date: 6/27/2012
Keywords: Employment/Personnel
Passed
S 1321 Changes to the Omnibus Crime Reduction and Sentencing Reform Act of 201005.29.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments deal with the youthful offender provision in the bill. It deletes mandatory minimum sentences and gives judges discretion in sentencing juveniles.05.09.12 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.03.20.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report.03.14.12  A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Restructures the degrees of arson and changes penalties for an offender on parole to purchase a weapon. The changes also include code sections on youthful offenders and controlled substance offenses.
Sponsor: Malloy House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Conference committee appointed Campsen, Malloy, and Rose Status Date: 6/7/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
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S 1381 Temporary permits for possession of alcohol05.29.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes technical changes.05.08.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. Senate legislative staff is working on the amendment and it will be posted in the tracking system as soon as it is available.Summary of the bill as introduced: Provides further for the elections for a favorable referendum vote for a temporary permit for the possession, sale and consumption of alcohol by the drink in a county or municipality.
Sponsor: Massey House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Cleary, Williams, Nicholson, Gregory Status Date: 4/2/2012
Keywords: General Governance
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S 1419 Makes changes to state surplus lines brokers law to conform to federal law05.17.12 The House Labor, Commerce and Industry committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.05.09.12 The House Labor, Commerce and Industry committee adjourned debate on this bill.05.03.12 The House Labor, Commerce and Industry Insurance subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment changes language about multi-state compacts.04.11.12 The Senate Banking and Insurance committee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Makes changes to the surplus lines brokers' law to ensure state law is not preempted by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Sponsor: Thomas House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 283 Status Date: 7/17/2012
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes
Passed
S 1512 Allows candidates to file statement of economic interest05.08.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with a minority report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Gives any person that was prohibited from appearing on the June 2012 primary ballot as the result of failure to file a statement of economic interest an opportunity to file a statement of economic interest and appear on the ballot.
Sponsor: Bryant House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 5/15/2012
Keywords: Elections
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S 1515 Requires an elected property tax assessor in each countySummary of the bill as introduced: Requires a property tax assessor to be elected in each county who shall serve a term of four years.
Sponsor: Reese House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 5/9/2012
Keywords: Property Taxes
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S 1516 Revises qualifications to run as a candidate for officeSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows a candidates' statement of economic interest to be filed in paper or electronically.
Sponsor: Senate Judiciary House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 5/22/2012
Keywords: Elections
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