A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 24-13-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EARLY RELEASE OF AN INMATE, SO AS TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME AN INMATE WHO HAS COMMITTED A "NO PAROLE OFFENSE" MUST SERVE BEFORE HE MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY RELEASE, DISCHARGE, OR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FROM EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT TO SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES, AND TO PROVIDE THIS REDUCTION APPLIES TO INMATES CURRENTLY INCARCERATED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-370, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, AND TRAFFICKING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTIES AND WEIGHT PRESUMPTIONS, AND ELIMINATE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-375, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, AND TRAFFICKING OF METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE BASE, OR OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTIES AND WEIGHT PRESUMPTIONS, AND ELIMINATE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES.
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A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF ROBERT LEE DELBRIDGE OF LAKE CITY AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BRAVE VETERANS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022, AS "WELCOME HOME VIETNAM VETERANS DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND SOUTH CAROLINA'S FFA MEMBERS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, AND ALL WHO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TO JOIN THEM IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL FFA WEEK, FEBRUARY 19 THROUGH 26, 2022.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CAREGIVERS FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE CARE OF THEIR CLIENTS AND FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND TO DECLARE FEBRUARY 18, 2022, AS SOUTH CAROLINA CAREGIVERS DAY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE THE CAROLINA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR CAPTURING THE 2021-2022 LEXINGTON 10 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND TO HONOR THE TEAM'S EXCEPTIONAL PLAYERS, COACHES, AND STAFF.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT (HYPE) PROJECT(r) FOR ITS OUTSTANDING EFFORTS TO CREATE HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES AND ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO THIS FINE ORGANIZATION FOR MUCH SUCCESS IN ALL ITS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LAYLA LUNA FOR FOUNDING AND LEADING JUST BEE IN ORDER TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE THOSE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE TREATED EQUALLY, AND TO ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO PROVIDE A SAFER AND FRIENDLIER STATE FOR THOSE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF HARVEY B. GANTT, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT TO ATTEND A PREVIOUSLY ALL WHITE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN HE WAS ADMITTED TO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IN 1963.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY 28, 2022, THE DAY CONNECTING BLACK HISTORY AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTHS, AS "BLACK WOMEN'S DAY" IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO HONOR BLACK WOMEN BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND CELEBRATING THE BRILLIANCE, BEAUTY, AND BOLDNESS OF THESE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.