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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 

May 5, 2023 South Carolina Policy Council
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May 2, 2023 South Carolina Policy Council
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Certificate of Need repeal passes major legislative hurdle

April 28, 2023 South Carolina Policy Council
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SCPC Voter Poll Release (May 31 – Jun 3, 2022)

June 9, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Inflation in SC shows need for bold tax cuts

May 20, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Analysis: SC’s competing tax cut proposals, what to know

February 24, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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Three crucial tax reforms for South Carolina

January 13, 2022 South Carolina Policy Council
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December 5, 2019 South Carolina Policy Council
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
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Certificate of Need repeal passes major legislative hurdle
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
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Certificate of Need repeal heads to governor’s desk 
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FY24 budget proposals: SC needs (and can afford) a bigger tax cut
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Is the Legislative Session Over? Not Exactly.

May 15, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

UPDATE: Lawmakers have cancelled the May special session and postponed all business (including consideration of the budget) until the June session (27-28).    In theory, the 2018 legislative session ended last…

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“Relief” Bill Leaves Ratepayers on the Hook for Nuclear Project

May 9, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

A bill – S.954 – targeting current and future utility rates has passed both the House and the Senate as slightly different versions, and is now in conference committee. Here…

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General Assembly to Censor Video Games and Movies?

May 3, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Lawmakers often wait until the closing weeks of session to drop their most controversial bills. This year was no exception, with H.5218 and H.5219 aiming to censor gun violence in…

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Takeaways from the Senate Budget

April 26, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Earlier this month the Senate amended and passed the House budget, and the House is currently debating further amendments prior to sending the bill to conference committee. While the Senate…

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Senate Passes Unconstitutional Bill in “Phantom Session”

April 20, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Yesterday, a brand-new piece of legislation was filed, bypassed the committee process, and was scheduled for second reading on Friday – all in the span of two minutes. This is…

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Crossover Update: Bills Unlikely to Pass this Year

April 13, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

At this point in the legislative session, one can predict with a certain degree of accuracy which bills will not become law this year. This is due to a legislative…

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Creating the Department of Children’s Advocacy

April 10, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

UPDATE: The House passed this bill by a vote of 107 – 0 on 4/24/18 with one minor amendment. Upon the governor’s signature, this bill will become law.  If the goal…

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Net Metering: Two Bills, Two Approaches

April 2, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Additional update: House lawmakers killed H.4421 on its third reading vote (normally a procedural vote, as amendments and debate occur on second reading) by raising the point that the state…

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S.1128 – ORS may request circuit court for release of V.C. Summer documents

March 28, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This joint resolution would allow the executive director of the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) to file for a circuit court order requiring V.C. Summer documents and/or witnesses to be…

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S.1112 – Shortening session by one month

March 28, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill would shorten the legislative session by around four weeks. Instead of ending on the second Thursday in May, it would end on the second Thursday in April. All…

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S.854 – Extends disability filing period for public employees

March 28, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

S.854 allows members of the South Carolina Retirement System (SCRS), the Police Officers Retirement System (PORS), and the General Assembly Retirement System (GARS) that become disabled due to a job…

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Phase Two: State Pension Reform? Not Quite

March 26, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

  Over the last several weeks, South Carolina’s pension system has drawn even more attention from lawmakers, prompting them to propose bills that would significantly change the state’s retirement landscape.…

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Friday Follies: Selling Seashells by the Seashore, No More

March 23, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Just in case it wasn’t abundantly clear, South Carolina lawmakers want to make sure citizens know that it is not illegal to pick up sea shells by the seashore –…

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Spending Growth, Priorities in the 2018 House Budget

March 20, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

UPDATE: When the Senate’s version of the budget returned to the House, the latter readopted the original House budget with additional amendments. The total budget spending approved by the House is…

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Lawmakers Take Aim at Charter School System

March 12, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

It’s no secret that South Carolina’s education system is regarded as one of the worst in the country. In many cases, lawmakers have turned to increased spending and growing government…

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A convention to amend the state constitution?

March 2, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This week, a number of freshman lawmakers filed legislation to call a convention to amend the South Carolina constitution. Much like the United States Constitution, the South Carolina Constitution can…

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Friday Follies: Fines and Community Service for Saggy Pants

February 23, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This past week, the legislature showed an unusually keen interest in how South Carolinians choose to wear their clothes. H.4957 would make it a civil offense for a person to…

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“Survival of the fittest” the state policy for car dealerships?

February 22, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

How successful does a car dealer have to be to be allowed to stay in business? Under current South Carolina law, car dealers are issued a certain number of dealer…

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S.41 – Mandating free school breakfast and lunch

February 21, 2018 Hannah Hill

This bill would mandate that lunch be provided to South Carolina public school students at no charge to the students. While schools do currently provide breakfast and lunch, the students…

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Article V Convention of States: Dangerous and Ineffectual

February 19, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Update as of 2/17/22: Two resolutions (H.3205 & S.133) calling for an Article V convention of states passed a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, the former of which passed the full…

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H.4386 & H.4810 – Metal detectors in public schools

February 16, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Two bills filed by the House would change security policy in South Carolina’s schools. H.4386 would require that metal detectors be installed at the public entrances of every public school…

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Update on Lawmakers’ Energy “Solutions”

February 16, 2018 Hannah Hill

  In the past couple of weeks, lawmakers have taken action on several interesting energy bills – only one of which was originally proposed by the special energy committees convened…

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Regulating Liquor Stores: Third Time’s the Charm?

February 15, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

  In Best and Worst of the General Assembly 2017, we discussed a newly-passed law that reinserted a regulation into state law in direct defiance of a Supreme Court ruling.…

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H.4814 – Legislating procedures for mold inspection in local schools

February 13, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill spells out procedures for dealing with mold in public school facilities. It tasks both the State Board of Education (SBOE) and the Department of Education (DOE) with developing…

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S.888 – Schools may compensate teachers for unused vacation days

February 13, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill would allow local school districts to compensate public and charter school teachers for any sick or vacations days earned but not used. This creates an additional teacher incentive,…

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S.793 – Property Tax Procedure Act

February 8, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

Under state law, taxpayers can challenge the tax assessments of their property. This bill would slightly change the appeals/challenge process. Under this legislation, the Department of Revenue (DOR) would begin…

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S.889 – Local sales tax may be used for economic development projects

February 8, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

This bill would allow locally-imposed sales and use taxes to be spent on economic development projects. As “economic development” is not clearly defined, this bill would, in effect, allow these…

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S.C. Supreme Court Elections – Quick and Quiet

February 6, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

WHY YOU HEAR NOTHING ABOUT YOUR NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGES When President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court one year ago, the nation’s media, political class, judicial…

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Finally, Some Good News for Healthcare

February 5, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

BILL PROTECTS INNOVATIVE PRIMARY CARE ALTERNATIVE America’s healthcare system often leaves consumers burdened with high costs and limited choices. This is the result of numerous regulations on medical professionals and…

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House Energy Bills: Perception vs. Reality (Updated)

February 1, 2018 South Carolina Policy Council

The General Assembly is currently debating six bills to ostensibly “reform” the system and the laws that created the V.C. Summer nuclear construction debacle. These bills were developed in the…

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