Legislation Sponsored by Knotts (20)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/26/2024


S 0223 Illegal to restrain animals in a cruel mannerSummary of the bill as introduced: Prevents confining or restraining certain animals in a cruel manner. This bill also preempts all local ordinances and laws governing animal confinement or restraint.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: General Governance Public Safety
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S 0225 Prevents texting while driving03.01.11 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. As soon as the amendments are available, they will be posted. 02.22.11 The Senate Judiciary committee met but did not take action on this bill. 02.16.11 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment creates a first offense education program similar to pre-trial intervention. Summary of the bill as introduced: Prevents a driver from using a wireless electronic communication device to compose, send, or read a text-based communication.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Amended Status Date: 6/1/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
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S 0263 Motor vehicle offenses that result in death05.29.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes the field sobriety test mandatory.05.16.12 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment deletes section one of the bill and replaces the blood and breath tests with a field sobriety test only.05.31.11 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report.04.19.11 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.04.12.11 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.04.05.11 The Senate Judiciary committee met but did not take action on this bill.03.29.11 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.03.22.11 The Senate Judiciary committee met but did not take action on this bill.03.16.11 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.02.16.11 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments that only make technical changes.Summary of the bill as introduced: Charges a driver with the misdemeanor offense of vehicular homicide if the person driving the motor vehicle does any act already forbidden by law while driving a vehicle that results in death.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 226 Status Date: 6/26/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
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S 0318 SC Whistleblower and Public Employee Protection ActSummary of the bill as introduced: Removes the one year limit on the period during which the employee is protected from adverse employment actions.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Employment/Personnel
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S 0319 Exempts certain fireworks stands from tiedown requirements03.15.12 A Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry committee carried this bill over.01.18.12 A Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Exempts a fireworks stand from any tiedown requirements that is 18 feet or greater in length.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: General Governance
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S 0485 Exempts trained police dogs from liability04.17.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.04.17.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment provides certification of K-9 units.Summary of the bill as introduced: Exempts certain trained police dogs from liability.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary Status Date: 4/18/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
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S 0674 Changes the constitution related to law enforcement officers and dual office holdingSummary of the bill as introduced: Changes the prohibition against holding two offices of honor or profit for commissioned law enforcement officers, corrections officers or deputy coroners who hold hold public office in a political subdivision other than the one in which they serve as a law enforcement officer, corrections officer or deputy coroner.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: General Governance
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S 0676 Dual office holding for law enforcement officersSummary of the bill as introduced: Clarifies that a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, or deputy coroner employed by a political subdivision other than the one in which they serve as a law enforcement officer, corrections officer or deputy coroner is not considered dual office holding.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: General Governance
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S 0756 Assessment and collection of business license taxes on a calendar year basisSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires local governing bodies to assess and collect business license fees annually on a calendar year basis.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 3/30/2011
Keywords: Business License Business Licensing
Work
S 0852 Requires municipal courts to dispose of criminal cases within six month of arrestSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires municipal courts to dispose of criminal cases within six months of arrest.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Ford, Massey, S.Martin Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Courts
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S 0856 State health insurance coverage for HIV/AIDS treatment for law enforcement officersSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires that law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics emergency medical technicians and members of urban search and rescue teams employed in the state by an employer who's principal office is located in SC receive from the state of SC the same benefits and coverages for HIV or AIDS treatment as would a state employee covered by the standard health plan.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 4/28/2011
Keywords: Health Insurance
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S 0864 Whistleblower and Public Employee Protection ActSummary of the bill as introduced: Eliminates the $2,000 cap on rewards for reports resulting in savings. This bill also removes the one-year limitation on the period during which the employee is protected from adverse employment actions.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Employment/Personnel
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S 0901 Employment after the TERI programSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits employees first participating in the TERI program after June 30, 2011 from being reemployed after ending TERI participation by any employer participating in the SC Retirement System.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 5/19/2011
Keywords: TERI
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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 1016 Creates the Task Force on Public Water Utility Rates in SCSummary of the bill as introduced: Creates the Task Force on Public Water Utility Rates in SC.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Campbell Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Utilities Water
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S 1017 Eliminates the ability to raise water rates pending an appealSummary of the bill as introduced: Eliminates the ability of a public water utility to implement a rate increase pending an appeal.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Campbell Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Utilities Water
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S 1161 Prevents an incumbent from offering for another elected office unless they are in the final termSummary of the bill as introduced: Prevents an incumbent, except during the final year of the term being served, from offering for nomination or election to another local, state or federal elective office.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott Status Date: 2/6/2012
Keywords: Elections
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S 1163 State regulation of the retail sale of fireworks03.28.12 A Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee carried this bill over.03.21.12 A Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Outlines that the retail sale of fireworks is solely subject to state regulations and except for an ordinance imposing a business license tax, the sale is not subject to regulation by ordinances of political subdivisions including zoning ordinances if the fireworks retailer has a valid state retail license, complies with state safety and building code requirements and as a valid fireworks license issued by the State Board of Pyrotechnic Safety.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry Status Date: 1/31/2012
Keywords: General Governance
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S 1179 Permits immediate release when a municipal bond has been paidSummary of the bill as introduced: Permits immediate release to a person whose bond has been set by a magistrate or municipal judge upon posting the amount with the jail or detention center.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Knotts (ch), Massey, Coleman Status Date: 2/10/2012
Keywords: Courts
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S 1436 Adds the definition of taverns and bars05.02.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee met but did not take action on the bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires food service establishments and taverns or bars to submit to the SC Department of Revenue a statement of the percentage of income from food service and from alcohol sales.
Sponsor: Knotts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Knotts, Campbell, Coleman, Shoopman Status Date: 4/20/2012
Keywords: Accommodations/Hospitality Taxes Public Safety
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