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Limited Insurance Coverage for Abortions

The House had a discussion about insurance coverage for abortions on Wednesday, May 23rd. In this clip, Rep. Sandifer and Rep. Cobb-Hunter argued about S. 102, a bill that would allow South Carolina to opt out of health insurance abortion coverage, except when the life of the mother is at risk, or the pregnancy occured through rape or incest. Later on, Rep. Cobb-Hunter took the podium and continued her discussion with Rep. Nunnley. 

Tax Relief Reserve Fund

The budget was picked up by the Senate yesterday, on Tuesday, May 15th, and with it a discussion on how to relief tax payers money. In this clip, Sen. Bryant argued for Amd. 2, H.4997, which would take the seven tax brakets and compress them into three, in order to give $78 Million in tax relief to tax payers. Sen. Leatherman wasn't against the idea, but made a point that those $78 Million would only be possible by cutting in other areas. 

Department of Administration Restructuring

The Department of Administration Bill was taken up by the House on Wednesday, May 2nd. In this clip Rep. Kenny Bingham explains how the Department of Administration was restructured in Amendment 2a.

Charter School Conference Report

In this Clip, Sen. Ryberg (R- Aiken) discussed the importance of H. 3241, a Charter School Conference Report, to allow Charter School students of joining sports programs in their district. That portion of the report had been taken out, now Sen. Ryberg fought hard to add it back in. In the end, the Senate voted unanimously to resubmit the complete bill to Conference. 

House discussed Portable vs Permanent Chairlifts

On Wednesday, April 18th, the House introduced bill H. 5131, to revise regulations of the U.S. Justice Department for the Americans with Disabilities Act, in which places of public accomodations should be required to provide portable, rather than permanent chairlifts for individuals with disabilities, wishing to access amenities, including pools. In this clip, Representatives Clemmons and Rutherford discussed the purpose of this bill, and made sure both interests, those of disabled individuals and small businesses, were represented.

Afterwards the bill was adopted and sent to the Senate.

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