State House Daybook: March 8, 2018

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LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE

Senate

The Senate gavels in at 11 a.m. Watch live here.  Calendar.  Journal

House

The House gavels in at 10 a.m. Watch live here.  Calendar.  Journal

 

Combined meeting schedule:

9:00 a.m., Senate College and University Trustee Screening Commission, Gressette Room 209, agenda

9:00 a.m., Senate L.C. I. Committee, Gressette Room 308, agenda, watch

9:00 a.m., House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, Blatt Room 403, agenda

9:00 a.m., House Higher Education Legislative Subcommittee on H.4021and H.4182, Blatt Room 317, agenda

9:00 a.m., House Criminal Laws Subcommittee, Blatt Room 516, agenda

9:00 a.m., House General Laws Subcommittee, Blatt Room 511, agenda

9:00 a.m., House 3-M Subcommittee III, Military, Local Government and Public Affairs on H.4162, Blatt Room 427, agenda

9:30 a.m., House Environment and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee, Blatt Room 108, agendawatch

9:30 a.m., Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Gressette Room 408, agenda

9:30 a.m., Gov. Henry McMaster will hold a meeting of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Edgar Brown Building, room 252

10:00 a.m., Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on S.982 and H.4458, Gressette Room 207, agenda

10:00 a.m., Senate Education Legislative Oversight Subcommittee on First Steps and John de la Howe School, Gressette Room 307, agenda

10:00 a.m., Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on S.547, Gressette Room 105, agenda, watch

10:00 a.m., Senate Finance Natural Resources and Economic Development Subcommittee, Gressette Room 407, agenda

10:00 am, House of Representatives, State House, House Chamber, watch

Immediately upon adjournment of the House, House Regulations and Administrative Procedures, Blatt Room 410, agenda, watch

11:00 a.m., Senate State House, Senate Chamber, watch

CANCELED 1:00 p.m., or 30 minutes after adjournment, whichever is later, Legislative Oversight - Public Input Meeting
Blatt Room 110, agenda

 

NEWS

Senate's Nuclear Slow Walk South Carolina Lede 

South Carolina prosecutor spends thousands of taxpayer funds on parties, travel and Uber trips The Post and Courier

Stormy Daniels will perform in Myrtle Beach area, where voters are unfazed by alleged Trump affair The Post and Courier

Should SC ignore daylight saving time? Lawmakers want to look into it The State

Medicaid, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina impose limits on length of opioid prescriptions The Post and Courier

South Carolina Senate empowers state to use electric chair Associated Press

Eliminating payments for failed S.C. nuclear project still an option The Post and Courier

Former S.C. attorney general Charlie Condon nominated to chair Santee Cooper as fight over sale escalates The Post and Courier

Judge refuses to resentence guilty S.C. politician, chides prosecutor for questioning her fairness The Post and Courier

Flu activity no longer widespread in South Carolina after difficult season that has killed 201 The Post and Courier

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