A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE DOROTHY LOUISE WILLIAMS "DOT" THORNE, A NATIVE OF SUMTER COUNTY, ON THE OCCASION OF HER 81ST BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE AND HONOR DR. FRANK RODRIGUEZ OF BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON BEING NAMED 2025 SOUTH CAROLINA SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE EDWARD BYRD, BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCILMAN, AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO DECLARE THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS "JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH" IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO COMMEMORATE THIS OCCASION BY APPROPRIATELY CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S HISTORY, HERITAGE, AND CULTURE HAVE MADE TO THIS NATION AND TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO COMMEND AND THANK THE 150 SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS AND THEIR COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL TRAVIS MOORE, WHO IN THE SUMMER OF 2023 SERVED IN TEXAS TO ASSIST AUTHORITIES WITH OPERATION LONE STAR.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MCCROREY-LISTON SCHOOL AND TO CELEBRATE THE SCHOOL'S SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR COACH TIM WHIPPLE FOR HIS WELL-ACCOMPLISHED CAREER, TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS RETIREMENT, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION IN THE MORE LEISURELY PACE OF THE DAYS AHEAD.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO HONOR STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND MANY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY, TO CONGRATULATE THEM, AND TO DECLARE MAY 14, 2024, AS "USC STAFF DAY" IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF TITLE 2, BY RENAMING THE CHAPTER THE "SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION, SCREENING AND ELECTION OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES", SO AS TO CREATE THE NEW SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION AND RESTRUCTURE THE PROCESS BY WHICH JUSTICES AND JUDGES ARE SCREENED AND ELECTED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND ITS LIMITED TERMS, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER NECESSARY STAFF, TO REQUIRE THE RELEASE OF ALL QUALIFIED JUDICIAL CANDIDATES, TO CREATE A COMBINED BAR AND CITIZENS' JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMITTEE, TO CREATE A MIDTERM JUDICIAL BALLOT BOX REVIEW, TO GIVE DELEGATIONS THE AUTHORITY TO REJECT A MASTER-IN-EQUITY CANDIDATE IN ADDITION TO THE GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY TO DO SO, TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION TO SCREEN MAGISTRATE CANDIDATES BEFORE THE GOVERNOR APPOINTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS AND TO MAKE OTHER CONFORMING CHANGES; BY AMENDING SECTION 22-1-10, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MAGISTRATE MAY SERVE IN HOLDOVER STATUS FOR NO MORE THAN FOURTEEN DAYS AT THE END OF HIS TERM, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR MAY APPOINT A TEMPORARY MAGISTRATE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MAGISTRATE OR MAGISTRATE CANDIDATE WHO HAS BEEN REPRIMANDED BY THE SUPREME COURT OR ANY OTHER DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY MAY NOT BE APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED UNLESS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE AFTER THE SENATE IS INFORMED OF THE REPRIMAND OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION; BY AMENDING SECTION 22-3-10, RELATING TO THE CIVIL JURISDICTION OF THE MAGISTRATES COURT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE CIVIL JURISDICTION FROM SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 22-3-550, RELATING TO MAGISTRATES COURT CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OVER MINOR OFFENSES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY TO ONE YEAR AND INCREASE THE FINE OR FORFEITURE JURISDICTION FROM FIVE HUNDRED TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF OFFICE SPACE AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION AND REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE COSTS OF THE TRANSFER OF THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION TO INDEPENDENT OFFICE SPACE WHEN IT CONVERTS TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE STANDALONE, INDEPENDENT AGENCY MUST BE CREATED AND FUNCTIONAL BY JULY 1, 2025.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS PROFOUND SORROW UPON THE PASSING OF ASHLEY MICHELLE BROWN AND HER SON, PRINCE TION, AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
