A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, BY ADDING SECTION 26 TO ARTICLE I SO AS TO ENACT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS, TO GRANT STANDING TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE TO ENFORCE THEIR RIGHT TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO GRANT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE POWER TO ENACT LAWS, REGULATIONS, ORDINANCES, AND CHARTER PROVISIONS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE AND PROTECTIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAN LAWS ADOPTED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
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Jan 11, 2017
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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Jan 11, 2017
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cezar E. McKnight
DDemocratic
P
Chandra Dillard
DDemocratic
P
Chris Hart
DDemocratic
P
David Weeks
DDemocratic
P
Dwight Loftis
RRepublican
P
Gary E. Clary
RRepublican
P
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
DDemocratic
P
J. Anne Parks
DDemocratic
P
Jerry Govan
DDemocratic
P
John King
DDemocratic
P
Joseph Jefferson
DDemocratic
P
Laurie Slade Funderburk
DDemocratic
P
Leola C. Robinson-Simpson
DDemocratic
P
Leon Howard
DDemocratic
P
Lonnie Hosey
DDemocratic
P
Lucas Atkinson
DDemocratic
P
Mandy Powers Norrell
DDemocratic
P
MaryGail K. Douglas
DDemocratic
P
Nathan Ballentine
RRepublican
P
Pat Henegan
DDemocratic
P
Robert L. Ridgeway, III
DDemocratic
P
Roger Kirby
DDemocratic
P
Wendell Gilliard
DDemocratic
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