A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE DORCHESTER ACADEMY SOFTBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR A SUPERB SEASON AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON WINNING THE 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CENTENARIAN LEWIS JACKSON BEAUBE OF GREENWOOD COUNTY AND TO EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HIS DEVOTED SERVICE TO HIS GOD AND TO HIS COUNTRY DURING ONE OF THIS NATION'S DARKEST HOURS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND MOURN FORMER MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IRENE KRUGMAN RUDNICK, AND TO OFFER THE SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO HER LARGE, LOVING FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-21-625, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CIGARETTE SURTAX, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL CIGARETTE SURTAX EQUAL TO FIVE CENTS ON EACH CIGARETTE AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE SURTAX MUST BE CREDITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE USED FOR EQUAL PAY RAISES FOR ALL K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CAROLYN JOHNSON STYLES, PRINCIPAL OF SKYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UPON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AFTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS AN EDUCATOR, AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ABRAHAM BILL JENKINS FOR HIS YEARS OF OUTSTANDING MILITARY SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND HIS EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SUSAN S. LONG OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT, TO COMMEND HER FOR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 25 TO CHAPTER 9, TITLE 58 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA NET NEUTRALITY PRESERVATION ACT", TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS, TO PROVIDE THAT A TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE PUBLICLY SHALL DISCLOSE ACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, PERFORMANCE, AND COMMERCIAL TERMS OF ITS BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES SUFFICIENT FOR CONSUMERS TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES REGARDING USE OF SUCH SERVICES AND FOR CONTENT, APPLICATION, SERVICE, AND DEVICE PROVIDERS TO DEVELOP, MARKET, AND MAINTAIN INTERNET OFFERINGS, AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN PRACTICES BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA; TO PROVIDE THAT VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT ARE NOT REASONABLE IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF BUSINESS AND CONSTITUTE AN UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACT IN TRADE OR COMMERCE AND AN UNFAIR METHOD OF COMPETITION FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC ENTITY MAY NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNLESS THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A REPRESENTATION THAT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER IS NOT CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN, AND AN AGREEMENT THAT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER WILL NOT ENGAGE IN, THOSE PRACTICES PROHIBITED BY THIS ACT.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WHO HEROICALLY SERVED THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR UNTIL THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST TO CANCER, AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019, AS "SUITS AND SNEAKERS DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
