Bills Assigned to Keyword - Transportation (24)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/26/2024


H 3266 Highways in the state built according to state standards05.25.11 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report. 04.12.11 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report. 04.06.11 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. 01.19.11 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires all highways in the state highway system to be built according to state standards.
Sponsor: Owens House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-1 Status Date: 6/1/2011
Keywords: General Governance Transportation
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H 3293 Applies golf cart operation laws on state highways to road terrain vehicles02.22.12 The House Education and Public Works Transportation subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Applies the provision that governs the operation of golf carts along the state's highways to road terrain vehicles.
Sponsor: Pitts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works Status Date: 1/12/2011
Keywords: General Governance Transportation
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H 3431 Enacts John's Law05.25.11 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report. 05.18.11 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. 03.30.11 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report. 03.03.11 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. 02.09.11 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment requires notice to local governments that have jurisdiction over road crossing with railroads. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the Department of Transportation to publish its list of railroad crossings at which it plans to install crossing arms and other safety devices.
Sponsor: G.M. Smith House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 54 Status Date: 6/20/2011
Keywords: Public Safety Transportation
Passed
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 3948 Allows golf carts to operate until 9 p.m. on HalloweenSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows for the operation of a golf cart along the state's streets and highways until 9 p.m. on October 31 of each year.
Sponsor: Clemmons House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works Status Date: 3/16/2011
Keywords: Transportation
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H 4220 Increases the width of the mowable area in a medianSummary of the bill as introduced: Increases the width of a median that shall have its mowable area mowed in its entirety.
Sponsor: Huggins House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Knight Status Date: 5/19/2011
Keywords: Transportation
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H 4444 Restructures the SC Department of TransportationSummary of the bill as introduced: Deletes the provision of law that requires the SC Department of Transportation be governed by a seven-member commission. This bill also establishes the governing body of the department as the secretary of transportation.
Sponsor: Lucas House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/10/2012
Keywords: General Governance Transportation
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H 4487 Requires SC Department of Transportation to pay for relocation of public water and sewer lines04.26.12 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report.04.17.12 The House Education and Public Works Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with amendment. The amendment strikes all the language in the bill and inserts language to establish a study committee to study the problem.02.22.12 The House Education and Public Works Transportation subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the Department of Transportation to pay all costs related to relocating water and sewer lines that are maintained and operated by a public water system or a public sewer system that are located within the right-of-way of a state transportation improvement project.
Sponsor: Pitts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 5/2/2012
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes Transportation
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H 4496 Prohibits the naming of roads, highways, bridges and intersections for living peopleSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits state roads, highways, interstate highways, bridges, interchanges and intersections from being named for a living person and who during his life distinguished himself in the line of duty as a member of the armed services or as a state or local law enforcement official, firefighter or EMS.
Sponsor: Ryan House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam Status Date: 1/19/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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H 4625 Restructures the SC Department of Transportation02.07.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment deletes every reference in the bill to the commission.02.02.12 The House Judiciary Constitutional Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Deletes the law that requires a seven member commission to be the governing body of the SC Department of Transportation. This bill also creates the position of secretary of transportation.
Sponsor: Lucas House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 3/7/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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H 4637 Requires free transportation for certain qualifying veteransSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires regional transportation authorities to develop and implement programs within their service  areas that make public transportation available at no charge for certain qualifying veterans.
Sponsor: Clyburn House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 5/1/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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H 4756 Requires DOT commissioners to be appoitned by the governorSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires SCDOT commissioners to be appointed by the governor from each judicial circuit with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sponsor: McLeod House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 2/9/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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S 0037 Requires taxes from the sale, use or titling of a vehicle to go to the State Highway FundSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the sales, use and casual excise tax revenues from the sale, use or titling of a vehicle be credited to the State Highway Fund. This bill also requires that an equal amount of nonstate tax source state revenues in the State Highway Fund be transferred to the SC Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
Sponsor: McConnell House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes Transportation
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S 0047 Allows SCDOT to maintain and mow roadside vegetation on Sam Rittenberg Blvd in Charleston County02.03.11 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report. 02.02.11 The Senate Transportation committee carried this bill over. Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows the SC DOT to maintain and mow beyond 30 feet from the pavement roadside  vegetation and adjacent to Sam Rittenberg Boulevard in Charleston County.
Sponsor: McConnell House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Transportation
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S 0054 Allows golf carts to operate only within two miles of the address on the registration05.25.11 The Senate Transportation committee met but did not take action on this bill. 05.18.11 A Senate Transportation subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires permitted golf carts to operate only within two miles of the address on the registration. This bill also requires permits be replaced every five years or at the time of an address change.
Sponsor: L. Martin House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Transportation
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S 0101 Requires taxes from the sale, use or titling of a vehicle to go to the State Highway FundSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires taxes from the sale, use or titling of a vehicle to go to the State Highway Fund. This bill also requires an equal amount of nonstate tax source State Highway Fund revenues transferred to the SC Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
Sponsor: Grooms House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes Transportation
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S 0103 Allows SCDOT to solicit proposals for public-private initiatives from private entitiesSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows the SCDOT to solicit proposals for public-private initiatives from private entities.
Sponsor: Grooms House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Transportation
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S 0707 Moves the Division of Aeronautics to the Department of TransportationSummary of the bill as introduced: Moves the Division of Aeronautics from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Transportation.
Sponsor: Leventis House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 3/17/2011
Keywords: Transportation
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S 1009 Department of Transportation paying for the relocation of water and sewer systemsSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the SC Department of Transportation to bear the costs of relocating publicly owned water and sewer systems that must be moved to accommodate road projects undertaken by the Department of Transportation.
Sponsor: Sheheen House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 1/10/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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S 1022 Restructuring the SC Department of Transportation02.15.12 The Senate Transportation committee carried this bill over.02.15.12  A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.02.02.12 The Senate Transportation SCDOT Reform subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Establishes the governing authority of the SC Department of Transportation as the Secretary of Transportation and eliminates the seven member commission as the governing authority.
Sponsor: Peeler House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 1/10/2012
Keywords: General Governance Transportation
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S 1090 Requires the SC DOT to establish a process for road and bridge maintenance02.02.12 The Senate Transportation SCDOT Reform subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the SC Department of Transportation to develop a process to prioritize and expedite projects relating to preserving, maintaining, rehabilitating  and extending the life of the existing highway system and bridges.
Sponsor: Sheheen House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 1/11/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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S 1162 Removes the definition of commission from the Department of Transportation03.21.12 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report.03.14.12 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.03.07.12 A Senate Transportation subcommittee carried this bill over.02.29.12 The Senate Transportation committee recommitted this bill to the subcommittee.02.15.12 The Senate Transportation committee carried this bill over.02.15.12 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments change the bill to look more like S1022.Summary of the bill as introduced: Removes the definition for "commission" and allows the secretary of transportation to establish other departmental divisions rather than the commission.
Sponsor: Grooms House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 3/30/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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S 1375 Allows an exemption for bicycles and pedestrians on highways05.22.12 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.05.16.12 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes the law more restrictive to the James Island Connector in Charleston.04.11.12 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment removes the Department of Transportation and makes it a local decision only.Summary of the bill as introduced: Creates an exemption for local governments to apply to the SC Department of Transportation to allow bicyclists and pedestrians to use the roadway and shoulders of the main facility of a freeway.
Sponsor: Campsen House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 252 Status Date: 6/27/2012
Keywords: Public Safety Transportation
Passed
S 1463 Allows maintaining roadside vegetation on I-77 in Rock HillSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows the SC Department of Transportation and the City of Rock Hill to mow and maintain roadside vegetation 30 feet from the pavement on Interstate 77 at certain interchanges.
Sponsor: Hayes House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Transportation Status Date: 4/19/2012
Keywords: Transportation
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