WISH LIST
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session

These are the bills we would like to see passed in a future legislative session.

Adult Club Regulation
Sexually-oriented businesses, which in many cases are fronts for prostitution, exploit women and need to be more strictly regulated. 
Status: No bill introduced.

Unborn Victims (Civil)
We have a new criminal penalty. There should also be civil penalties for harm to an unborn child in the commission of a crime.
Status: No bill introduced.

Pay Day Lender Regulation 2011
Closes loopholes in the 2009 law.
Status: No bill introduced.

Eliminate “Common Law” Marriage (S.60)
Only 11 states still recognize this “least common denominator” form of relationship.
Status: Senate. Awaiting a hearing in Judiciary Committee.
Sponsors: Senators Larry Martin, Campsen and Fair.

Teen Driving Reform (S.210)
Requires a teenager younger than 16 to hold a learner’s permit for a least one year before being eligible for a restricted driver’s license.
Sponsors: Senators Lourie and Rankin.

Abstinence-Based Sexuality Education Funding / SC Health Law
These programs need to be protected in the state budget and federal grant programs should not undermine the state Health Education law that requires abstinence to be strongly emphasized.
Status: No bill introduced.

Working Family Tax Rates
We always monitor changes to the IRS code and how those changes affect the SC code. There should never be a Marriage Penalty and per child tax credits should be increased. The legislature should also consider an Earned Income Tax Credit for working poor families.
Status: No bill introduced.

For the wrap up of the 2009-2010 legislature, please visit these pages: Hot List, Watch List, Wish List.