
This Week in the Senate: March 26- 30,
Sent to the house for consideration... Physical Education A bill to provide that ROTC and marching band instruction that is based on certain standards in public schools must be considered the equivalent of physical education instruction. Amusement Rides A bill to specify the applicability of the “South Carolina Amusement Rides Safety Code to include concession go-karts but not super-karts provided that a person age 18 or older with a valid driver’s license are operating them.

The Past Week in the Senate: March 12 - 16, 2018
As always, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help, and thank you for allowing me to serve you in Columbia. Sent to the house for consideration... State of Emergency Refills This bill will allow for a one-time, thirty-day emergency refill during a state of emergency. Controlled Substance Take-Back Events A bill to require Sheriffs to maintain at least one onsite drop-off box throughout the year that is available to the general public for the purpose of dispos

The Past Week in the Senate: March 12 - 16, 2018
As always, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help, and thank you for allowing me to serve you in Columbia. Sent to the house for consideration... State of Emergency Refills This bill will allow for a one-time, thirty-day emergency refill during a state of emergency. Controlled Substance Take-Back Events A bill to require Sheriffs to maintain at least one onsite drop-off box throughout the year that is available to the general public for the purpose of dispos

This Week In The Senate: March 4 - 9, 2018
As always, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help, and thank you for allowing me to serve you in Columbia. Sent or returned to the house... Hurricane Mitigation Program A bill to expand the Hurricane Mitigation Program to include flood damage. Execution Method A bill to provide that a person convicted of a capital crime and has a death sentence imposed shall suffer the penalty by electrocution or at the election of the person lethal injection if available. T

This Week In the Senate: February 26- March 2, 2018
This week in the Senate: February 26- March 2, 2018 As always, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help, and thank you for allowing me to serve you in Columbia. We celebrated a huge victory for our state this week with the passage of the "Automatic Stay" bill. As explained below, the bill "restores the integrity of project appeals process, and reserves it for legitimate, well-founded complaints. It will also ensure that those complaints be heard and ruled on i