| Senate Bills: | S. 190 S. 347 "Restaurant carry/School car carry" S. 593 "Campus CWP car storage" S. 753 "Lifetime CWP" S. 794 "Firearms Freedom Act" |
| House Bills: | H. 3003 "Open Carry" H. 3024 H. 3298 "Gun stored under car seat" H. 3652 "SC Well Regulated Militia Act" H. 3659 "re-define Assault Weapons" H. 3987 "No shooting in Florence county without permission of Homeowner's Assoc" H. 3994 "No ban on firearms in cars in parking areas" H. 4022 "Firearms Freedom Act" H. 4112 "SC Lawmakers with CWP can carry everywhere" H. 4220 "Second Amendment Recognition Act" H. 4442 H. 4509 "Ban on registration of firearms." |
The House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee met at 9:00am. GrassRoots delivered this letter to each member of the House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee. GrassRoots spoke against the provision in H. 4112 which would enable politicians in the SC General Assembly who possess a CWP to carry anywhere in the state.
The Subcommittee voted to adjourn debate on H. 4112, but this bill is still in play. If you have not yet contacted the members of the General Laws Subcommittee to express your opposition to the special privileges for politicians in H. 4112, please do so now. You can find the contact information here.
The House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee met, but failed to amend the bill as needed to protect gun owners. After expressing concerns that certain members of the Chamber of Commerce wished to speak about H. 3994 but were not present at the time, the Subcomittee voted to adjourn debate on H. 3994 until the next meeting.
GrassRoots emailed this letter to each member of the House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee and to the sponsor of H. 3994. The letter explains problems with H. 3994 and asks the House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee to amend the bill to protect gun owners. The Subcommittee was scheduled to meet at 2:30pm Wednesday February 17, 2010, but the meeting was rescheduled until 9:00am Wednesday 24, 2010.
Rep. Mike Pitts sponsored H. 4509, which was then referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
GrassRoots sent the following letter to each member of the House Judiciary Committee and to each cosponsor of H. 3652. This letter explains the serious problems H. 3652 contains and asks that the House Judiciary Committee either recomit H. 3652 to Subcommittee for further study, or kill the bill entirely. GrassRoots Gorillas attended the Judiciary Committee hearing. The bill was sent back to the House General Laws Subcommittee for further study. H. 3652 may now die in Subcommittee.
GrassRoots spoke before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on H. 4022. The Subcommittee did not vote to make amendments to H. 4022, but voted to table the bill.
Rep. J.R. Smith sponsored H. 4442, which was then referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.
GrassRoots delivered a copy of this letter to the sponsor of H. 4022 and to each Senator on the Judiciary Subcommittee reviewing H. 4022.
H. 4022 was referred to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.
H. 4022 was received by the Senate and referred to Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Mike Pitts sponsored H. 4220.
Gov. Sanford signed S. 593 into law.
Rep. Kelly sponsored H. 4112.
The Senate votes not to concur with the House amendment to S. 593 and sends it back to the House. The House recedes from its amendment, accepting the Senate version of S. 593.
S. 593 received third reading and was sent back to the Senate.
Rep. Anne Hutto and Rep. Mike Pitts amended S. 593, which then received second reading by a vote of 110 to 2.
Rep. Mike Pitts asked unanimous consent to recall S. 593 from Judiciary committee, which was granted.
Rep. Ted Pitts sponsored H. 4022.
Sen. Lee Bright sponsored S. 794.
Rep. G. R. Smith sponsored H. 3994. Rep Lowe sponsored H. 3987.
The Senate sent S. 593 to the SC House where it received 1st reading and was referred to the House Judiciary committee.
Sen. Hutto asked unanimous consent to remove the minority report he placed on S. 593, which was granted. Sen. Hutto put forth an amendment to S. 593 to require the CWP holder to store the firearm in a glove box, center console or trunk, prior to entering school/college property. The amendment was adopted. S. 593 then received 2nd reading.
Sen. Knotts sponsored bill S. 753.
The Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider S. 593. The committee passed S. 593 with no further changes. Over a dozen GrassRoots Gorillas were present observing the proceedings.
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee met at 10:00am to discuss S. 593. GrassRoots VP Dr. Robert Butler spoke asking that the bill be amended to correct a conflict between Section 16-23-430 and Section 16-23-420. S. 593 was amended to correct the problem and passed back to the full Senate Judiciary Committee with a "favorble with amendment" recommendation.
GrassRoots delivered a copy of this letter to the sponsor of S. 593 and to each Senator on the Judiciary Subcommittee reviewing S. 593.
Sen. S. Martin sponsored bill S. 593.
Rep. Gillard sponsored bill H. 3659.
GrassRoots attended the House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee hearing concerning H. 3298. GrassRoots spoke in favor of amending H. 3298 to fix conflicts the bill created between SC Code of Laws Sections 16-23-20(9) and 16-23-10(10). The subcommittee unanimously adopted the GrassRoots proposed amendments to H. 3298.
GrassRoots delivered this letter to each cosponsor of H. 3003 explaining the problems GrassRoots identified with this bill proposed amendments to fix these problems.
GrassRoots delivered this letter to each cosponsor of H. 3298 and each member of the House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee explaining the problems identified and GrassRoots proposed amendments to fix these problems. GrassRoots leadership met with Rep. Sellers about the analysis and the proposed amendments.
GrassRoots sent out a Legislative Watch update about H. 3298 and posted the analysis online.
GrassRoots also posted an updated analysis of H. 3003 online.
GrassRoots sent out a Legislative Watch email announcing S. 347.
Sen. Shane Martin sponsored bill S. 347.
GrassRoots sent out a Legislative Watch email with analysis of H. 3003.
Rep. Sellers sponsored bill H. 3298.
Sen. McConnell sponsored bill S. 190.
SC House begins prefiling bills for next the legislative session. Gun-related bills filed are H. 3003 and H. 3024.