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A bill introduced by Senators Clammer and Stubbs—styled on the floor as the \"South Carolina Healthy Again Act\"—would amend state law to require the State Board of Education's school food-service policy to include a prohibition on public schools providing \"ultra-processed\" food to students on campus. The bill was referred to the Senate Education Committee.

Senator Goldfinch introduced legislation that would add an offense titled \"offensive coercive control over another person,\" outlining examples of behavior, potential evidence and penalties; the senator said the bill will be referred to the Judiciary Committee.

A joint resolution by Senator Rickenbach and others would place term limits in the state constitution, limiting senators to a maximum of three terms and members of the House to six terms. That measure also was referred to the Judiciary Committee.

Why it matters: The Healthy Again Act would change school food policy statewide if enacted; the coercive-control proposal would alter the state criminal code; and the joint resolution would require a constitutional amendment and public vote if it proceeds through the legislature.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate -- Senate - April 22, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","On the Senate floor senators introduced three bills of note: the \"Healthy Again Act\" to restrict ultra-processed foods in school settings, a criminal code addition targeting coercive control, and a joint resolution proposing term limits for the legislature; bills were referred to committee.","taxTitle","2025 Legislative Meetings, South Carolina","taxId",78666,"location","South Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6265835,"Senate names annual legislative softball game for the late Mary Elizabeth Mulligan",239,700000,939000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088558-91fb035d4c0a96fd0ea8ab09ac3b2933&start=700&end=939","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088558-91fb035d4c0a96fd0ea8ab09ac3b2933/thumbnail_700000.jpg","/articles/6265835/South-Carolina/Senate-names-annual-legislative-softball-game-for-the-late-Mary-Elizabeth-Mulligan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6265835-6a5bb57c3eea6e7fcbf6a4883b4d0c69/orig.mp4?Expires=1770612827&Signature=f0xVMew8z8pcsY5RapY-IobNQXykU8afZeV04TUZjAHdvrg2drN-citJcNFeXzbw7LFe3xsqFh1I4xzj08VYhlgpqJ2WsVBbF23x7bhaXfQGjZiLfUdjUM-mqm-grZGSR23Q-RJ6N~~6AHriG9yUqIKj8EAlFS9WvNkZRgt7JSJ8jLrUVzgJUtcX1lj8oiq9UUO7BP4X9QYupPXMqnfA3eGsYjhRaHYgq9nArQM0C6wF-Mm-kw1O9kyaCQ7uDlF5wGvPiyHs3i-joQCgeUKNe~y-r0WR~78YNQTcO3ttEoLLXUY5bCfOok9ZaIzXcffxlA1FTzHsaqp7uKKqRn2Shg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday renaming the chamber's annual Blue Cross Blue Shield legislative softball game in honor of the late Mary Elizabeth Mulligan.

Senator from Dorchester introduced the resolution on the floor, calling Mulligan a longtime presence in the legislative community whose \"infectious spirit\" and love of softball brought colleagues together. The Senate voted \"aye\" to adopt the resolution, and the chair ordered the wording placed in the Senate journal.

Why it matters: The resolution is ceremonial; it recognizes a longtime member of the legislature's community and formally changes the name used for the annual game.","Senators unanimously adopted a resolution to rename the Blue Cross Blue Shield annual legislative softball game the \"Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Mary Elizabeth Mulligan annual legislative softball game.\"",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6265840,"Senator urges colleagues to remember Pine Ridge students after I-77 bus crash that killed a 13-year-old",326,222000,548000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088558-91fb035d4c0a96fd0ea8ab09ac3b2933&start=222&end=548","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088558-91fb035d4c0a96fd0ea8ab09ac3b2933/thumbnail_222000.jpg","/articles/6265840/South-Carolina/Senator-urges-colleagues-to-remember-Pine-Ridge-students-after-I-77-bus-crash-that-killed-a-13-year-old","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6265840-d8672779129594069aa936592c137e52/orig.mp4?Expires=1770612827&Signature=Ao2SeoWFGr6nX7oHSS0NIKN9SpJ0BCOLc4FXGDXHB5S8EOuIHa2C5JNQK3KPKZQlYK2b8FNJ5T1L0k1YbNlcewOwcmUycCrJCD7DHrPfhD2Iy1QkIriTq9HGNCTcMMjDXVaqQFhN5unMNHLX~s~kKlK3Jg9aG0nXgD4Iv04YaNMLG4YyyprS16y8xbqUBY18duKXnXGIyCx2Q2KkUAH7a5aS6uzPHsP4GV4BY13TMOjHFzjL5xo~AOrzK2-Tv7OOHuYup18~SzgkVYvvagTIFpRH7j~cvvqsG30BjErldOOOekpeJ1Kuuk6cqb5Nu2grlAjHJ2eB-rS9sxgjDrlqPg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Wednesday the Senate paused for a remembrance after a school-bus accident last Thursday on Interstate 77 that overturned while returning middle school students from a field trip.

Senator from Calhoun told the chamber that 35 students were injured and that one child, 13-year-old Jose Maria Gonzalez Linares, died. \"By now, all of you are aware of the tragic accident that happened last Thursday, on I 77 with a group of middle school students,\" the senator said on the Senate floor, and asked colleagues to \"remember his family\" and the other students impacted.

The senator said several students were airlifted to local hospitals and later released, and commended first responders for their on-scene work. He also asked that his remarks be entered in the Senate journal.

Why it matters: Senators used floor time to register sympathy and to publicly acknowledge the response of emergency personnel and the grieving Pine Ridge Middle School community.","Senator from Calhoun described a recent school-bus accident that overturned on I-77, injured dozens and killed a 13-year-old student from Pine Ridge Middle School; he praised first responders and asked colleagues to keep the family and community in their thoughts.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6265845,"Senate finance plan raises teacher starting pay, commits state funds to neurological hospital and funds school resource officers",1594,1553000,3147000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088558-91fb035d4c0a96fd0ea8ab09ac3b2933&start=1553&end=3147","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088558-91fb035d4c0a96fd0ea8ab09ac3b2933/thumbnail_1553000.jpg","/articles/6265845/South-Carolina/Senate-finance-plan-raises-teacher-starting-pay-commits-state-funds-to-neurological-hospital-and-funds-school-resource-officers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6265845-659fb732984c371517690252654d33eb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770612827&Signature=JM5s~VnR~09nTPrCbMkNmYqUTOjIyjLIoi2znRf3dYxkA0~3R5djT-EDCh3XmZkw7Zg~SLKUDAK54zTC5wpsBNP6R9IJuSl1oN7XHa34WAI9X88j9OHu0xG13XfVNiN0IEuHlEfkBDO-EtHV~6Wh9iYintzgr4RqWI~~ccFP1xRDEYWYdtXQsLytcaUi7hV-G4-opb2Eb5CpHSslbjfdHMKBBKPBi64lQC2eEBvdGNM0LUKc030eXQRyWLKA-WLnHlj-jXiAB5Kx3uZY~jvc3xrSnjnHdF-epfqu3SROxkX06fl4UWyRCaRGeyu~AxWmZYWA-QPKOKncmTBUA4alJg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Senate Finance Committee advanced a budget package Wednesday that would raise the state teacher starting salary to $48,500, commit $150 million in state funds toward a proposed University of South Carolina neurological hospital and rehabilitation center, and provide recurring funding to place school resource officers in every school.

The measure, filed as H4025, was presented to the full Senate as the finance committee's base for further amendments. Senator from Cherokee, the finance committee's chair, told colleagues the plan \"shows special attention to our hardworking families in South Carolina,\" and outlined tax, education and public-safety provisions the committee prioritized.

Key provisions in the finance committee draft include raising starting teacher pay to $48,500 (a figure the committee said represents a roughly 38% increase from 2020), a $150 million state appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services for construction of a neurological critical care and rehabilitation facility that the committee reported would rise to a projected $350 million when combined with other funding, $21,100,000 in recurring funds to place a school resource officer in every school, and $100 million for bridge repairs. The committee also flagged funding to keep state employee and retiree health insurance premiums from increasing in the coming year and set aside both recurring and nonrecurring dollars for school buses, instructional materials and a sesquicentennial / bicentennial commission.

Senators on multiple subcommittees reviewed the package on the floor. The education chair emphasized recurring funds for buses, instructional materials and a $50 million education scholarship trust allocation; the health and human services subcommittee report emphasized investments in behavioral health, bed capacity and the proposed neurological hospital; and the criminal-justice subcommittee outlined funding for cell-phone interdiction systems at some corrections facilities and pay/retention measures for the Highway Patrol.

Committee leaders said some items remain under negotiation and that H4025 will continue through the amendment process. The Senate agreed to carry the bill over for third reading, preserving points of order and allowing further amendments.

The finance committee adopted its report as the base for amendment on the Senate floor; the Senate carried the measure over for third reading so members can continue to offer amendments and vote at a later date.

Why it matters: The package combines tax cuts and significant new recurring expenditures for public safety and education, while committing a major state investment to a specialty hospital. If adopted, the teacher-pay increase and the school resource officer funding would be immediate changes affecting classrooms and school budgets statewide; the hospital appropriation would start a multiyear capital effort.","Senate Finance Committee presented the general appropriations base for H4025, proposing a $48,500 teacher starting salary, a $150 million state contribution toward a new neurological hospital and $21.1 million in recurring funding for school resource officers; bill to be carried forward for third reading.","actionData","errors"]

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Senators introduce Healthy Again Act, coercive-control offense and a proposed term limits constitutional amendment

Senate names annual legislative softball game for the late Mary Elizabeth Mulligan

Senator urges colleagues to remember Pine Ridge students after I-77 bus crash that killed a 13-year-old

Senate finance plan raises teacher starting pay, commits state funds to neurological hospital and funds school resource officers