Legislative Sessions

Legislative Happenings 2010

We’ve officially wrapped up the 2010 session. The last week of the General Assembly is always frantic and frustrating. We say our goodbyes to colleagues who either have chosen not to run again, who are running for a higher office, or who were defeated in the primaries.…

Posted by Joe Daning on August 2nd, 2010 Comments Off

Funding Our Courts, Highway Patrol and Department of Natural Resources

On Wednesday, South Carolina had a front-row seat to the ideological differences between conservatives and liberals.

The debate began with a simple dilemma: How do we adequately fund our state judicial system so that both criminal and civil cases can…

Posted by Joe Daning on June 1st, 2010 Comments Off

Protecting The Integrity Of Our Elections

This week, the South Carolina House of Representatives once again approved a common-sense voting provision intended to prevent fraud and defend our voting system from abuse.  This legislation was necessary to protect the integrity of our elections.  In…

Posted by Joe Daning on May 10th, 2010 Comments Off

A Busy Week On The Floor!

This week was “crossover” week in the House – the deadline for the House or Senate to approve legislation and send it to the other chamber. After May 1, it takes a two-thirds vote for the other body to even…

Posted by Joe Daning on May 10th, 2010 Comments Off

The week in review from the South Carolina House

This week the House debated and passed several important bills.  The first bill was the Cigarette tax.  In the House this debate lasted several hours and many amendments were offered and defeated.   The debate was about the amount…

Posted by Joe Daning on April 26th, 2010 Comments Off

Conservative Reforms Moving Through House

This was a good week for conservative reforms. Several pieces of legislation moved through the House this week that will change our state.

First, the House Judiciary Committee passed a sweeping lawsuit abuse reform (or Tort Reform) legislation. Tort reform…

Posted by Joe Daning on March 1st, 2010 Comments Off

Completing Your Conservative Agenda

Last fall, my fellow House Republicans and I met in locations across our state to discuss the issues that you told us were important.  In January, based on these recommendations, we unveiled an agenda focused on creating jobs, reforming government,…

Posted by Joe Daning on February 21st, 2010 Comments Off

Creating Jobs In South Carolina

The government should not create jobs. The government should get out of the way and do whatever it can to help the private sector create jobs.   The South Carolina House took action this week to get the government out of…

Posted by Joe Daning on February 8th, 2010 Comments Off

Legislative Preview 2010

It’s an exciting time at the Statehouse!

Last week, the South Carolina General Assembly reconvened for its 2010 session. We have many challenges and opportunities ahead and the attitude of legislators seems to be—let’s get to work! Before the session…

Posted by Joe Daning on January 22nd, 2010 Comments Off

Accomplishments During the 2008 Legislative Session

The South Carolina Legislative Session runs from January to June.  Please keep checking back for the latest information about pending State House legislation.

In the meantime, below is a summary of some of my accomplishments during the 2008 Legislative Session:…

Posted by Joe Daning on August 29th, 2009 Comments Off