What’s going on with Santee Cooper?
UPDATE as of 5/7/21: This week, the House voted to keep the option to explore selling Santee Cooper in H.3194, while adopting some of the Senate’s “reform” measures, including those…
Bills filed during 4/20/21 – 4/22/21
Elections H.4255 – Numerous voting law changes: 1) requiring poll workers wear body cameras; 2) journalists may not come within 200 yards of entrance of a voting place unless coming…
Bills filed during 4/13/21 – 4/15/21
Criminal Justice H.4210 – Making it a felony to give out the private address, phone number or email of an elected official or government employee with the intent to intimidate,…
Requiring businesses serving liquor to earn majority of their revenue from food, non-alcoholic drinks
S.536, which received a committee hearing Wednesday, would require businesses serving liquor-based drinks to earn at least 51% of their total revenue from food and non-alcoholic beverages. The bill would…
Bills filed during 4/6/21 – 4/8/21
Criminal Justice H.4149 – Limiting the amount of monetary compensation a whistleblower on public utilities can recover from litigation and allowing the utility to fire the whistleblower if it is…
Bills update 2021: what passed and what to watch
Last week (Saturday, April 10) was the 2021 crossover deadline, which means bills that failed to pass one chamber (House or Senate) and cross to the other by this date…
Bills filed during 3/30/21 – 3/31/21
Taxation/Spending S.710 – Allowing municipalities that don’t have operating property taxes to impose one (capped at a rate sufficient to generate one-third of the previous year’s general fund expenses). Any…
S.499 – Election law challenges & appointments
This bill (S.499) would establish that the House speaker and Senate president, on behalf of their respective bodies, have an “unconditional right” to intervene in a state court action that…