Abortion, medical pot and guns: Bills that missed deadline to become SC law in 2019
And on Wednesday, a host of high-profile bills officially missed a crucial legislative deadline, drastically reducing their chances of becoming law in 2019.
Bills that hadn't passed either the
After months of debate, here are the proposals that missed the deadline.
Plastic bag bans
The fight over whether cities and counties should be able to ban plastic bags has waged at the State House for years, and it won't be settled in 2019. S. 394, an industry-backed bill, would preemptively block cities and counties from passing such bans.
Opponents of the bill say plastic bags trash the environment and endanger marine life. They add cities and counties should be able to make that call themselves. Supporters say banning the sacks hurts businesses and the plastic bag industry and annoys customers.
Fetal heartbeat abortion ban
Supporters of the bill say the presence of a heartbeat indicates life, meaning an abortion of the baby amounts to murder. Opponents, including
Fetal heartbeat bills introduced in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018 all died before making the House or
Offshore drilling
S.C. lawmakers have filed no fewer than five bills on seismic testing and drilling off the
Medical marijuana
Proposals to legalize marijuana for medical purposes appeared to have more momentum than ever before this year in the
Open carry
S.C. gun owners must wait at least another year to carry their guns without a permit after "open carry" proposals in the State House missed the crossover deadline. Republican lawmakers and gun rights groups pushed hard for those bills this year, but they became bottled up in the committee process and never reached the House or
A hearing on the bill this week also was canceled after
So, at least for now, gun owners still need to get training and a permit before they can carry a concealed weapon.
Gun regulations
Rolling back dam regulations
A bill that would remove state oversight of 1,600 of
A few bills that beat the deadline
Tax breaks for the Panthers
On
Safety rules for rideshare vehicles
On crossover deadline day, the House gave final approval to a bill requiring the display of illuminated signs on
Raising payouts to victims of government negligence
After months of debate, the
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