Senate Bills (203)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 3/28/2024


S 0001 2015 Ethics Reform Act01.20.2015 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee last week. The subcommittee's amendments did not make any changes that affect local governments.01.13.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendments do not make changes that directly affect cities and towns.Summary of the bill as introduced: Makes numerous changes to the state's current ethics and campaign laws.   
Sponsor: Larry A. Martin House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Roll call Ayes-19 Nays-24 Status Date: 2/11/2015
Keywords: Ethics
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S 0002 Establishes the Interstate Lane Expansion Fund03.24.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.   03.17.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.   03.10.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.  03.03.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda. 02.12.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.Summary of the bill as introduced: Increases the number of lanes on existing mainline interstates with funding from the taxes from the sale, use or titling of a motor vehicle.  
Sponsor: Nikki G. Setzler House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Transportation
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S 0004 Jim's LawSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires an employer who hires a private security service to place a sign in a conspicuous place on the property stating  the security officer has the same arrest authority on the property granted to sheriff's deputies.
Sponsor: Nikki G. Setzler House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Public Safety
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S 0005 Increases the Homestead Property Tax exemption amountSummary of the bill as introduced: Increaes the homestead exemption amount from the first $50,000 to the first $60,000 of the fair market value of the home.
Sponsor: William H. O'Dell House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Property Taxes
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S 0007 Allows employees to serve child support offender sentences while they are not workingSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows a child support offender sentenced to 90 or fewer days imprisonment who is employeed at the time of sentencing to serve his sentence at a time when he is not working.
Sponsor: Darrell Jackson House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Subcommittee: Coleman (ch), Shealy, Turner, M.B.Matthews Status Date: 4/7/2016
Keywords: General Governance
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S 0011 Requires agendas for all regularly scheduled meetings of a public body04.21.2015 The House Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.03.25.2015 The House Judiciary Constitutional Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment strikes all of the language in S11 and replaces it with the language in H3192, the House version of the bill.01.27.2015 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report.01.22.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment only requires 2/3 vote when adding an item that requires a vote.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires a public body to provide an agenda for all regularly scheduled meetings and that items shall not be added to that agenda later than 24 hours before the meeting except by a 2/3 vote of the body.
Sponsor: Larry A. Martin House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 70 Status Date: 6/18/2015
Keywords: FOIA
Passed
S 0014 Makes changes to ethics and campaign finance lawsSummary of the bill as introduced: Makes numerous changes to the current ethics and campaign laws.
Sponsor: Luke A. Rankin House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 2/5/2015
Keywords: Elections Ethics
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S 0015 Changes the effective and enforcement date of the residential fire sprinkler requirement to 2016Summary of the bill as introduced: Changes the effective and enforcement date of the automatic residential fire sprinkler requirement to July 1, 2016.
Sponsor: Thomas C. Alexander House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 2/5/2015
Keywords: Building Codes
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S 0017 Workforce Opportunity Act 05.13.2015 The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Labor and Employment subcommittee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits the state from inquiring, considering or requiring disclosure of the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant is selected for an interview.
Sponsor: Darrell Jackson House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Employment/Personnel
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S 0020 Establishes circumstances for the expungement of nonviolent offensesSummary of the bill as introduced: Establishes the circumstances under which certain nonviolent offenses may be expunged.
Sponsor: Darrell Jackson House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Expungement
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S 0023 Adds a motor vehicle user fee of 16 cents per diesel gallon to liquefied natural gas03.24.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.    03.17.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.    03.10.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.  03.03.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding Special subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.  02.12.2015 The Senate Finance Transportation Funding subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.Summary of the bill as introduced: Adds a motor vehicle user fee of 16 cents per diesel gallon to liquefied natural gas.
Sponsor: Lawrence K. %26quot;Larry%26quot; Grooms House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes Transportation
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S 0026 South Carolina Fair Tax ActSummary of the bill as introduced: Establishes a flat tax rate and outlines the procedures for collection and penalties.
Sponsor: Lawrence K. %26quot;Larry%26quot; Grooms House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 2/5/2015
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes
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S 0035 Allows post-employment benefits to be invested in equity securities01.21.2015 The Senate Finance Committee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows money set aside by a political subdivisions to fund post-employment benefits of employees of the political subdivision, including funds invested in an independent trust for that same purpose, to be invested in equity securities.
Sponsor: Kevin L. Bryant House Com: Senate Com:
Status: House - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/3/2015
Keywords: Employment/Personnel GASB 45
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S 0036 Prohibits municipalites from regulating knives and gunsSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits municipalities from enacting, enforcing or promulgating any regulation or ordinance that regulates or attempts to regulate the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying or transportation of knives, guns or ammunition.
Sponsor: Kevin L. Bryant House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: General Governance
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S 0038 Allows garnishment for debt from a tenant violating a rental agreementSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows garnishment for a debt from a tenant wilfulling violating a rental agreement.
Sponsor: Kevin L. Bryant House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes General Governance
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S 0040 Encourages state agencies to implement a water management program05.24.2016 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee carried this bill over.04.21.2016 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee gave this bill a favorable report.04.13.2016 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Agriculture subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Encourages state agencies to implement a water management program for the Savannah River Basin to ensure continuous optimization of water quality and quantity management.
Sponsor: Kevin L. Bryant House Com: Senate Com:
Status: House - Recommitted to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Status Date: 5/18/2016
Keywords: Water Week of 04.11.2016 Week of 04.18.2016 Week of 05.23.2016
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S 0041 Limits the exemption to a public utility's operations within municipal corporate boundariesSummary of the bill as introduced: Limits the exemption to a public utility's operations within municipal corporate boundaries and limits the prohibition to contracts made by a municipality with customers located within the corporate limits.
Sponsor: Kevin L. Bryant House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Utilities
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S 0047 Requires all state and local law enforcement officers to wear body cameras04.21.2015 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.04.15.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment provides funding at the state level for body cameras.03.26.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.03.11.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee did not take action on this bill although it was on the agenda.03.04.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires all state and local law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Sponsor: Gerald Malloy House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 71 Status Date: 6/18/2015
Keywords: Police
Passed
S 0048 Creates the Study Committee on Racial Profiling02.24.2015 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Reviews state and local law enforcement policies, practices and procedures regarding racial profiling and makes recommendations to the General Assembly regarding those practices.
Sponsor: Gerald Malloy House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Corbin, Hembree, Young, Kimpson Status Date: 2/13/2015
Keywords: General Governance
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S 0053 Increases civil jurisdiction of the magistrates' courtSummary of the bill as introduced: Increases civil jurisdiction of the magistrates' court from $7,500 to $10,000.
Sponsor: George E. %26quot;Chip%26quot; Campsen III House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Courts
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S 0054 Revokes probation for subsequent offenses when the defendant is convicted or pleads guilty Summary of the bill as introduced: Revokes probation for subsequent offenses when the defendant is convicted or pleads guilty to an offense involving a violent act.
Sponsor: George E. %26quot;Chip%26quot; Campsen III House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Courts
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S 0055 Requires reapportionment to a population variance of less than 10 percent for single member districts04.21.2015 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment provides for a special election where the reapportionment results in two electors for the same district.04.16.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment delays the effective date to two years after the governor's signature and clarifies that political subdivisions that have already completed reapportionment following the 2010 Census are exempt from this bill until the 2020 Census.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires reapportionment to a population variance of less than 10 percent for single member districts within three years of the date on which the latest official census is adopted by the General Assembly.
Sponsor: George E. %26quot;Chip%26quot; Campsen III House Com: Senate Com:
Status: House - Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 5/5/2015
Keywords: Elections
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S 0056 Allows identities of patients treated by EMS to be subject to subpoenaSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows identities of patients and EMS technicians mentioned, referenced or appearing in information and data collected by EMS are subject to subpoena.
Sponsor: A. Shane Massey House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 2/5/2015
Keywords: Courts
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S 0058 Surface Water Stewardship ActSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires registered surface water withdrawers under certain conditions to obtain a surface water withdrawal permit rather than registering withdrawals.
Sponsor: George E. %26quot;Chip%26quot; Campsen III House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Water
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S 0061 Imposes an annual limit on the state general fund revenues available for yearly appropriationsSummary of the bill as introduced: Imposes an annual limit on the state general fund revenues available for yearly appropriations by restricting any increase to a percentage that is equal to the average annual percentage change from the previous ten completed fiscal years.
Sponsor: George E. %26quot;Chip%26quot; Campsen III House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Senate - Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/13/2015
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes
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