Legislative Update: Week 1, 2020
Legislative Update: Week 1, 2020 Overview The House has officially begun the second session of the 123rd South Carolina General Assembly. I am very excited to get back to work on our conservative agenda we began last year. On Monday, Governor McMaster released an overview of his budget priorities. I am looking forward to next Wednesday, […]
End of Session Update
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve as your State Representative in Columbia. With the first session of the 123rd General Assembly ending earlier this month, I am including an update on the accomplishments in the South Carolina House of Representatives over the past few months. During his State of the State address […]
Legislative Update: Week 18, 2019
Legislative Update: Sine Die Edition Overview The House gaveled to a close this week after dozens of bills and the Sine Die Resolution passed both the House and Senate. This was the first year of a two-year session that focused primarily on transformative education reform, presenting a balanced and efficient budget, solutions for Santee Cooper, and […]
Legislative Update: Week 17, 2019
Overview The countdown is on as the final week of this legislative session approaches. Three legislative days remain however the good news is this is the first year of a two-year session and there is much more we hope to accomplish. This week thousands of teachers from around South Carolina visited the State House to […]
Legislative Update: Week 16, 2019
Legislative Update: Week 16 Overview I hope everyone had a great spring break and Easter weekend. With two weeks left of session and the crossover deadline behind us, we have a busy few weeks ahead as we begin to take up bills from the Senate. Heartbeat Bill Passes The Heartbeat Bill, H. 3020, passed out of […]
Legislative Update: Week 14, 2019
Overview We tee’d off Master’s weekend and the beginning of our furlough week with a special visit from the Carolina Panthers football team. Head Coach Ron Rivera visited the State House along with players, executives, and their beloved mascot Sir Purr. The welcomed visit comes as legislation is moving through the Senate to provide professional […]
Legislative Update: Week 13
Tremendous progress was made on the calendar this week, numerous bills were passed and have been sent to the Senate. This is an extremely busy time during legislative session because we are approaching the crossover deadline. Crossover is the last day for a bill to pass out of the House and move forward for consideration […]
Legislative Update: Week 12, 2019
Legislative Update: Week 12 Overview This week was a big step forward in reducing income taxes in South Carolina. Months ago, House Speaker Jay Lucas created a special legislative committee to focus on tax reform and research what we can do to improve our tax system. The first bill to come out of the committee is […]
Legislative Update: Week 11, 2019
Legislative Update: Week 11 Overview: This week the House made historic progress toward protecting South Carolina ratepayers and taxpayers. With two joint resolutions, one from the House, one from the Senate, the consensus is building in both chambers for the sale of state-owned utility Santee Cooper. Santee Cooper Sale Negotiations Proceed: The House issued […]
Legislative Update: Week 10, 2019
Legislative Update: Week 10 Overview: The days are finally getting longer and we’re nearing the middle of the legislative session which, for the House, means this week was “Budget Week,” our weeklong debate on the $8.7 billion 2019-2020 budget. After going through the budget line by line and working past midnight, we successfully sent this […]