Month: January 2015

H.3123 would amend the state constitution to allow Supreme Court, Appellate Court, and Circuit Court justices to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the General Assembly –…

H.3237  proposes an amendment that would require all state or local public officials elected to office after July 1, 2015 to undergo specific ethics training in accordance with the guidelines…

H.3214 proposes an amendment to Section 1, Article XVII of the state Constitution declaring that members serving on the governing body of South Carolina State University need not possess the…

WHICH ONES DESERVE THE WORD ‘REFORM’? Two years ago, many, perhaps most, lawmakers dismissed the need for ethics reform. They know better now. As the 2015 session begins, already more…

S.244 would allow the governing body of a county to enact an ordinance creating a referendum on a local gas tax increase of up to 5 cents a gallon to…

S.242 is an attempt to reform the judicial screening process by changing the membership of the screening body, the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC). The JMSC is tasked with nominating…

S.208 would require that the Governor’s budget, the House Ways and Means budget, and Senate Finance budget all contain narratives regarding each agency and its programs. Included in the narrative…

S.206 instructs the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) to design, and the General Assembly to fund a state employee longevity pay plan. All state employees would participate in…

S.170 is a reintroduction of last session’s S.870. Like last session’s bill S.170 would make internet retailers who make at least $10,000 from South Carolina consumers in a given year…

S.43 seeks to consolidate the governance of public institutions of higher education in South Carolina into the new South Carolina College and University Board of Regents. The board would be…

H.3198 would amend state law by clarifying that a public official with an economic conflict of interest over a public matter must recuse himself anytime the matter comes before a…

Companion bills S.560 and H.3075 would obligate the state to provide transportation to school to students who reside any further than 0.3 miles from the school they attend. Under current law the state…

H.3067 would extend the protection of the State Insurance Reserve Fund to any physician or dentist performing medical services in a clinic (or similar facility) solely for reimbursement through Medicaid.…

H.3255 would establish a form of zero base budgeting by requiring a different group of agencies present their budgets using a zero base approach each year. Every agency would be covered…