A
message from Senator Kevin L. Johnson
District
36 - Clarendon, Darlington, Florence, and Sumter Counties
Columbia,
South Carolina - April 2015
We
have now completed the 4th month of the 121st
session of the South
Carolina General Assembly. In my opinion, we are still progressing
slowly. However, I still have high hopes that we will be able to pass
a road bill, body
camera bill, criminal domestic violence bill, and
an ethics reform bill. For the next
couple of weeks the priority
will be the fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill (budget).
This
month the following bills were passed by the Senate and carried over
to the House
of Representatives: S.444, relating to definitions
pertaining to the job tax credit; S.320,
comprehensive health
education program; S.427, which deals with the jobs tax credit;
S.183, Human Trafficking; S.590, Ignition Interlock Devices; S.389,
SC Business
Development Corporations; S.466, relating to the
purchasing, possessing,
administering, supplying, and prescribing of
certain pharmaceutical agents by optometrists and the prohibition on
schedule I and II controlled substances; S.599, G. Frank Russell
Career Center; S.255, destruction of arrest and
booking records;
S.133, record destruction of juvenile records; S.441, Guaranteed
Asset Protection Act; S.500,
relating to the Uniform Interstate
Family Support Act; S.276, relating to applicants applying to the
department of
labor, licensing and regulation for licensure as a
residential builder or registration as a residential specialty
contractor.
May
1st is crossover date, which means that any bill that is not passed
in the senate and sent to the house (and vice
versa) by this date
will have to wait until next year to receive consideration.
Senator
Thomas McElveen and I requested that the SC Senate initiate a formal
inquiry into the current State of the
Pinewood Hazardous Waste Site.
A hearing has been set for Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from 9-11 am.
Save
the Date: The Johnson for Senate campaign committee will be
sponsoring a Birthday/Fundraising event on
Friday, September 25,
2015. This event will serve as a fundraiser for our re-election
campaign as well as a celebration
of my 55th Birthday. More
information will be provided at a later date.
Please
remember to visit www.scsenate.gov
to see the bills that I have sponsored and co-sponsored as well as
to
receive more information about the aforementioned bills. As
always, please contact my office with any concerns or
needs you
have. Thank you for the opportunity to serve.
Contact
Information:
Senate
Office of Kevin L. Johnson,
PO
Box 142, Columbia, SC 29202.
Email:
kevinjohnson@scsenate.gov
Ashley
Stewart -Administrative Assistant
Office
Telephone: (803) 212- 6048
