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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF 5/7/13-5/9/13

May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Here are the highlights from last week’s Senate action – Ethics Reform – Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee spent a considerable amount of time on H. 3945, a bill to overhaul and update South Carolina’s ethics laws.  We had several subcommittee meetings on the bill, but our final meeting on Tuesday lasted for about [...]

Legislative Update for the week of 4/30/13- 5/2/13

May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Here are the highlights from last week’s Senate action –   Reporting Mental Health Adjudications for Gun Background Checks – Last week, the House of Representatives agreed to the Senate’s amendments on H. 3560, a bill to prevent individuals with mental illness from purchasing or carrying weapons.  The bill requires courts to notify SLED if [...]

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF 4/23/13 – 4/25/13

April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Here are the highlights from last week’s Senate action –   Concealed Weapons Permits – The Senate spent most of Tuesday debating S. 308, a bill that would allow Concealed Weapons Permit holders to carry their concealed weapons in restaurants that sell alcohol as long as (1) the restaurant does not prohibit the carrying of [...]

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF 4/9/13

April 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The Senate returned last week after a two week break. Here are the highlights from last week – BOEING ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION – Since 2009, Boeing has hired nearly 6,000 people and invested over $1 billion at its plant in North Charleston. Last week Boeing announced that it will expand operations in South Carolina by investing [...]