Tommy Pope

The General Assembly returned to Columbia this week for the second half of our two-year term. Amid a typically slow first week on the floor, we made significant progress on a notable Republican Caucus agenda item. After more than a decade of effort by the House Republican majority, our state is once again on the verge of the biggest streamlining of state government in nearly three decades. We have approved this legislation five times in the past seven years, and other versions of it have been in the legislative pipeline since 2000. A House-Senate Conference Committee signed off on a “Department of Administration” bill this week that moves the vast majority of the administrative functions of state government – human resources, information technology, state vehicles, and “general services” – under the control of the Governor for the first time.

House Rep Tommy Pope gives a legislative update on current progress in issues such as worker’s comp for officers with PTSD, the concealed/carry bill and the […]

The SC House Republican Caucus has released the 2013 End of Session report, which summarizes the major actions of the SC General Assembly, including the following […]