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Senate adopts pipeline-support and bird-protection resolutions, advances several bills; one confirmation approved
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Summary
The Senate adopted a resolution supporting the Williams Transco project, approved a "lights out" resolution to protect birds, advanced multiple bills (including two third readings granted), gave S101 a 37-0 second-reading tally, and confirmed a local judicial appointment during the session.
The South Carolina Senate on the floor adopted a resolution expressing the Senate's support for the Williams Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, agreed to a Senate resolution urging residents to turn off nonessential lights during bird-migration nights, advanced several bills to third reading, and confirmed a Beaufort County court appointment.
The body adopted Senate Resolution S370, which expresses support for the Williams Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project; the resolution was amended on the floor to add "the role of the Senate" and was adopted by voice vote. Later in the session the Senate agreed to S339, a resolution to declare nights in specified spring and fall months as "lights out nights" and to urge residents to turn off nonessential lights during those periods; the resolution was agreed to by voice vote.
On bills, the clerk read and the Senate advanced multiple items. The Senate granted third reading to S77, a bill that would require school boards to adopt policies providing electronic transmission of their meetings. The body also granted third reading to S78, which allows prior work experience to count on initial teaching certificates when that experience relates to the certificate's content field. Both third-reading grants were approved without recorded roll-call tallies on the floor.
S101, a bill clarifying information firefighters must give to the State Fire Marshal for registration, received a required roll-call on second reading and was given a second reading by a recorded vote of 37 to 0.
The Senate confirmed James J. Wegman, Esquire, as Beaufort County Master in Equity by voice vote after a favorable Beaufort County delegation report.
Other business: the Senate discharged S67 from the Judiciary Committee and referred it to the Finance Committee by unanimous-consent request. The body received a Fish, Game and Forestry joint resolution (S363) concerning additional regulations for DeVoe Bank and the North Edisto Inlet; senators agreed by unanimous consent to allow a third reading of that regulation on Friday, Feb. 21, to permit an effective date in March. Several committee reports and appointments were read and referred to the appropriate committees; those referrals are noted on the calendar.
Where roll-call tallies were not recorded on the floor, the session used voice votes or unanimous consent; the formal roll call for S101 is recorded below.
