Sen. Katrina Shealy

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 23-3-430 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, TO GIVE FAMILY COURTS THE DISCRETION WHETHER TO REQUIRE A JUVENILE FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO BE PLACED ON THE REGISTRY AND TO PROHIBIT FAMILY COURTS FROM PLACING A JUVENILE UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE ON THE REGISTRY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23-3-490(D) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE PUBLIC INSPECTION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY RECORDS, TO LIMIT PUBLIC ACCESS TO VICTIMS, WITNESSES, SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, AND OTHER BUSINESSES THAT PRIMARILY SERVE CHILDREN, WOMEN, OR VULNERABLE ADULTS.

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 20-4-20 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE "PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE ACT", TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "HOUSEHOLD MEMBER" BY ADDING COHABITANTS, FORMER COHABITANTS, AND PERSONS WHO ARE PRESENTLY IN OR HAVE FORMERLY BEEN IN A DATING RELATIONSHIP AND TO DEFINE "DATING RELATIONSHIP".

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 17-25-20 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO PUNISHMENT FOR A FELONY WHEN NOT SPECIALLY PROVIDED, TO PROVIDE THAT SOLITARY CONFINEMENT MAY NOT BE DIRECTED FOR A PERSON WHO IS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE; TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 25, TITLE 17 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES, BY ADDING SECTION 17-25-35 AND SECTION 17-25-40, TO PROVIDE THAT A COURT SHALL NOT SENTENCE A PERSON TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE IF THE PERSON WAS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE OFFENSE, TO PROVIDE THAT A COURT MAY ISSUE A SENTENCE LESS THAN THE MINIMUM TERM OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW IF THAT PERSON WAS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE OFFENSE, AND TO PROVIDE PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR A PERSON CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR AN OFFENSE COMMITTED BEFORE HE WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE; TO AMEND SECTION 17-25-45(E) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE LIFE SENTENCE FOR A PERSON CONVINCED FOR CERTAIN CRIMES, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY BE PAROLED IF HE WAS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING AN OFFENSE; TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HOMICIDE, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-15, TO PROVIDE THAT A COURT SHALL NOT SENTENCE A PERSON TO DEATH OR TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT WHO WAS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE OFFENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-311(B) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT SHALL NOT SENTENCE A PERSON TO LIFE WHO WAS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE OFFENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 24-13-100 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A "NO PAROLE OFFENSE", TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO A "NO PAROLE OFFENSE" FOR AN OFFENSE COMMITTED BY A PERSON WHO WAS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF COMMITTING THE OFFENSE; TO AMEND ARTICLE 15, CHAPTER 19, TITLE 63 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE'S COMMITMENT RESPONSIBILITIES, BY ADDING SECTION 63-19-1690, TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS, ISOLATION, OR ROOM CONFINEMENT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PROVISIONS APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO A PERSON WHOSE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED BEFORE HE WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF THE ORIGINAL SENTENCES THAT WERE IMPOSED.

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-10 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, TO ESTABLISH THE DIVISION WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR MUST BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO ENUMERATE THE DIVISION'S POWERS AND DUTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-20 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, TO ENUMERATE SPECIFIC DUTIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-40 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL, TRAINING, AND ACCREDITATION OF COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICERS, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "VETERAN" FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPOINTING COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICERS, TO ELIMINATE THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT NONVETERANS TO SERVE AS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICERS, TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PERSONS CURRENTLY SERVING AS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICERS, AND TO REMOVE LOCAL NONCONFORMING PROVISIONS.

A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 44 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HEALTH, BY ADDING CHAPTER 138, TO PROVIDE THAT QUALIFIED LICENSED PHARMACISTS MAY PRESCRIBE AND ADMINISTER INJECTABLE HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND PRESCRIBE AND DISPENSE SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES UNDER A STANDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDER, TO PROVIDE FOR WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOL PROVISIONS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.

A SENATE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE UPON THE PASSING OF ROBERT ADAMS, VI, AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 44-20-30 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN THE "SOUTH CAROLINA INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, RELATED DISABILITIES, HEAD INJURIES, AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES ACT," TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-71-280 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES.

A SENATE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE CHILDREN'S PLACE, INC., OF AIKEN COUNTY FOR ITS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR STATE FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

A SENATE RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF WADE COTHRAN "COT" CAMPBELL AND TO RECOGNIZE HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AS AN AUTHOR, FAMILY MAN, AND VISIONARY HORSEMAN WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF THOROUGHBRED RACING IN AMERICA AND HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON SOUTH CAROLINA.

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 20-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MINIMUM AGE A PERSON MAY ENTER INTO MARRIAGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MARRIAGE ENTERED INTO BY AN INDIVIDUAL YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE IS VOID AB INITIO; TO AMEND SECTION 20-1-290, RELATING TO THE WILFUL FAILURE OF THE LICENSE-ISSUING OFFICER TO COMPLY WITH LAWS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO CODE SECTIONS REPEALED BY THIS BILL; TO REPEAL SECTION 20-1-250, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO APPLICANTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIXTEEN AND EIGHTEEN WITH PARENTAL OR GUARDIAN CONSENT, SECTION 20-1-260, RELATING TO THE PROOF OF AGE REQUIRED FOR A MINOR APPLICANT, AND SECTION 20-1-300, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO AN UNMARRIED FEMALE AND MALE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHEN THE FEMALE IS PREGNANT OR HAS BORNE A CHILD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CANNOT ENTER INTO MARRIAGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.