Rep. Bill Hager

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-190, RELATING TO SCHEDULE I SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO ADD FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCES; BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-370, RELATING TO PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES, SO AS TO ADD AN OFFENSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN FENTANYL; BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-370, RELATING TO NARCOTICS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALITIES, SO AS TO ADD TRAFFICKING IN FENTANYL; BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-393 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERM "DRUG PARAPHERNALIA" DOES NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN TESTING EQUIPMENT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-379 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CERTAIN DRUG-RELATED CRIMES TO POSSESS A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION WITHIN THIS STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE NATIONAL FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS CHURCH OF GOD OF THE AMERICAS FOR HELPING THEIR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES TO OBTAIN AND SEEK THE HIGHEST CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, TO CELEBRATE THEIR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, AND TO DECLARE AUGUST 4, 2023, FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR MEANINGFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE VICTORIA ESTELLE "DOLLY" GRANT OF BERKELEY COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN BASEBALL STAR CAMERON GLOVER "CAM" CANNARELLA FOR HIS FLOURISHING CAREER IN BASEBALL AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE THREE-GAME SERIES OVER THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND SAMUEL L. MCPHERSON, PRESIDING ELDER OF THE LANCASTER DISTRICT OF THE 7TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT OF THE AME CHURCH'S COLUMBIA CONFERENCE, AS HE RETIRES AFTER YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. EUGENIO R. DUARTE, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE GLOBAL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MRS. ORINE FRAZIER THOMPSON ON THE OCCASION OF HER NINETIETH BIRTHDAY, AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 7-15-382 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO WITNESS THE SIGNATURE OF MORE THAN FIVE ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICANTS ON THE OATH IMPRINTED ON ABSENTEE BALLOT RETURN-ADDRESSED ENVELOPES IN A SINGLE ELECTION, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF CHARLESTON POLICE CHIEF LUTHER REYNOLDS, TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE, AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR EVAN LEWIS THOMPSON, A MUSIC TEACHER AT PELION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR BEING NAMED THE SCHOOL'S 2023-2024 TEACHER OF THE YEAR.