Taxing and Spending
- H.4532 – Revises sales tax policy, sets sales tax at 3%, subjects a number of services to taxation, eliminates certain exemptions, creates new tax reserve fund
- S.819 – If an SC resident pays the “infrastructure maintenance fee” on a vehicle, leaves the state, and then returns, they do not have to pay the fee again
Government Structure and Reform
- S.798 – Reduces number of University of SC board members, membership selected from congressional districts (seven) instead of judicial circuits (sixteen)
- H.4516 – Local governments cannot prevent rental of dwelling to short-term guests
- H.4490 – Repeals “Family Week” and its accompanying committee
- H.4533 – Renaming the “State Commission for Minority Affairs” to “State Commission for Minority and Multicultural Affairs”
- H.4531 – Public Service Commission (PSC) to be elected by the public
- S.820 – Prevents passage of local laws affecting rights of certain Lake Bowen property owners
Regulatory Bills
- S.806 – Creates new mandatory certificate for food processors, registration fees range from one to three hundred dollars
- S.796 – Adds deadline for when SC building codes council can modify building codes, no later than six years for residential buildings, three years for commercial buildings
- H.4501 – Allowing distribution of hemp extract if it is tested by an independent lab and approved by the FDA
- H.4504 – Allowing Dept. of Health and Environmental Control to regulate tire disposal (with steep penalties already existing), creates a “Waste Tire Rebate Facility List”
- H.4505 – Adds new requirement to receive conditional driver’s license (for drivers age 15-16), whereby person must complete four hours of litter cleanup through Dept. of Transportation program
- H.4522 – School volunteers who have been trained by a registered nurse can administer glucagon or insulin to students with diabetes
- S.817 – Codifies policy that prohibits duck hunting within certain area of Lake Bowen
Criminal Law
- S.797 – Amends parole hearing structure for sexually violent offenders by adding a panel to determine the applicability of “supervised re-entry” to society and/or commitment of an offender to a mental hospital
Elections
- H.4499 – Designation of voting precincts in Beaufort County
Resolutions (highlights)
- S.812 – Resolution to celebrate anniversary of Cayce farmer’s market
- H.4489 – Resolution to honor retirement of Harris Pastides, former University of South Carolina President
- H.4497 – Resolution encouraging Dept. of Health and Environmental Control to raise awareness for shingles
- H.4503 – Resolution celebrating 50 year anniversary of BBQ restaurant
Past weeks:
- Bills filed during 4/23/19 – 4/25/19
- Bills filed during 4/9/19 – 4/11/19
- Bills filed during 4/2/19 – 4/4/19
- Bills filed during 3/26/19 – 3/28/19
- Bills filed during 3/19/19 – 3/21/19
- Bills filed during 3/12/19 – 3/14/19
- Bills filed during 3/5/19 – 3/7/19