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in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 13, 2025

H 4015: Childcare

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-3440, RELATING TO THE TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEE CHILDCARE PROGRAMS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CREDIT AND TO ALLOW THE CREDIT TO BE APPLIED AGAINST OTHER TAXES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 12-6-3595 SO AS TO ALLOW A TAX CREDIT FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS THAT ARE EMPLOYED FULL TIME AS A CHILDCARE DIRECTOR OR CHILDCARE STAFF PERSON.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesIncreases tax credits for childcare programs and adds credits for childcare staff, providing tax relief to middle-income workers and supporting childcare access.90% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentIncreases tax credits for employer childcare programs and adds credit for childcare staff, supporting workforce participation and employment benefits in childcare sector.85% confidence
Jermaine Johnson (D) Jerry Govan (D) Bill Clyburn (D) Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D) J.A. Moore (D)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 13, 2025

H 4010: South Carolina Clean Air Act

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA CLEAN AIR ACT" BY AMENDING SECTION 48-1-110, RELATING IN PART TO UNLAWFUL DISCHARGES OF AIR CONTAMINANTS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE INTENTIONAL EMISSION OF ANY AIR CONTAMINANT WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO AFFECT TEMPERATURE, WEATHER, OR SUNLIGHT INTENSITY; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentProhibits intentional emissions affecting weather/sunlight and mandates DEP actions, strengthening air quality regulations per bill text.95% confidence
Adam Duncan (R) Lee Gilreath (R) Jay Kilmartin (R) Sarita Edgerton (R) Chris Huff (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 13, 2025

H 4012: PalmettoPride

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 37-29-110, RELATING TO PALMETTOPRIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SO AS TO ADD THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, AS A TWELFTH MEMBER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 37-29-130, RELATING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, AND THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, BY PALMETTOPRIDE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PALMETTOPRIDE MUST FLOW THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationMandates DOT oversight of PalmettoPride funds, strengthening transportation department coordination and fund management.85% confidence
Bill Hixon (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3176: Failure to stop

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-750, RELATING TO FAILURE TO STOP MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN SIGNALED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR WILFULLY OR WANTONLY LEADING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON HIGH-SPEED PURSUITS.
Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeAdds penalties for wilfully evading law enforcement during pursuits, increasing enforcement severity and expanding criminalization of traffic evasion.90% confidence
Phillip Bowers (R) Sylleste Davis (R) Tommy Pope (R) Don Chapman (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3033: Judicial Elections, lawyer-legislators

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 2-19-5, RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION CREATION, APPOINTMENT, AND TERMS, SO AS TO REQUIRE ATTORNEY-LEGISLATORS WHO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE VOTE AND SCREENING PROCESS OF JUDGES OR JUSTICES THEY APPEAR BEFORE OR HAVE APPEARED BEFORE IN THE PRECEDING FIVE-YEAR PERIOD; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 2-19-90, RELATING TO ELECTION OF JUDGES AND JUSTICES BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION, SO AS TO REQUIRE ATTORNEY-LEGISLATORS WHO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE VOTE AND SCREENING PROCESS OF JUDGES OR JUSTICES THEY APPEAR BEFORE OR HAVE APPEARED BEFORE IN THE PRECEDING FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
Bill Chumley (R) Sarita Edgerton (R) Josiah Magnuson (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3031: Stand Your Ground, religious services

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-420, RELATING TO INTENT AND FINDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RELATING TO THE ARTICLE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS STAND YOUR GROUND, SO AS TO INCLUDE PLACES OF WORSHIP; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-430, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF STAND YOUR GROUND PROVISIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "PLACE OF WORSHIP"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-440, RELATING TO THE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLE FEAR OF IMMINENT PERIL WHEN USING DEADLY FORCE AGAINST ANOTHER UNLAWFULLY ENTERING A RESIDENCE, OCCUPIED VEHICLE, OR PLACE OF BUSINESS, SO AS TO INCLUDE PLACES OF WORSHIP IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTE.
Bill Chumley (R) Thomas Beach (R) Sarita Edgerton (R) John McCravy (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3028: Bond release

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-25-120, RELATING TO RELEASE ON BOND AND FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN GRANTING BOND FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE COURT, IN LIEU OF SETTING BOND OR AS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF RELEASE ON BOND, TO PLACE A PERSON CHARGED WITH A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSE ON SURVEILLANCE VIA AN ACTIVE ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE CAPABLE OF KEEPING THE VICTIM OF THE OFFENSE NOTIFIED AT ALL TIMES OF THE PERSON'S IMMEDIATE LOCATION, TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR THE MONITORING, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR TAMPERING WITH AN ACTIVE ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeAdds electronic monitoring with real-time victim notifications for domestic violence offenders, enhancing victim safety and accountability in pretrial release conditions.90% confidence
Bill Chumley (R) William Bailey (R) Tommy Pope (R) Spencer Wetmore (D) Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3116: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-6-90 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN CHEMICALS INTO THE STATE'S WATERWAYS AND DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentRequires regulations prohibiting PFAS discharge into waterways and drinking water, directly protecting water quality and public health from harmful pollutants.95% confidence
Joe Bustos (R) Sarita Edgerton (R) Tommy Pope (R) Don Chapman (R) Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3119: Blood and Organ Donation

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-43-15 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT DONATED BLOOD, OTHER HUMAN TISSUE, OR ORGANS BE TESTED FOR THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN CONTAMINANTS AND LABELED ACCORDINGLY BEFORE DISTRIBUTION FOR USE IN TRANSFUSIONS OR TRANSPLANTATIONS, TO ALLOW PATIENTS TO DECLINE CONTAMINATED DONATED PRODUCTS WITHOUT PENALTY, TO CREATE A CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SECTION, TO PROVIDE LIMITED IMMUNITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Sarita Edgerton (R) Josiah Magnuson (R) Mike Burns (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3157: Hunting and fishing licenses for adoptees

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-30, RELATING TO HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR AN ADOPTED CHILD TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LIFETIME RECREATIONAL LICENSE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-520, RELATING TO LIFETIME STATEWIDE COMBINATION LICENSES; SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ADOPTED CHILD MAY OBTAIN A COMBINATION LICENSE AT NO COST.
Cody Mitchell (R) Sylleste Davis (R) Sarita Edgerton (R) Tommy Pope (R) Mark Smith (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Feb 12, 2025

H 3174: State Work Program

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 17 TO CHAPTER 13, TITLE 24 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A STATE WORK PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeEstablishes work program within Corrections Department, promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism through structured employment opportunities.85% confidence
Bill Chumley (R) Sarita Edgerton (R) Steven Long (R) Cal Forrest (R)
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