House Committee Action

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Laws met twice this week to take up an issue that has been identified as a priority by House leadership and the Governor - immigration. The Subcommittee favorably reported:
H.4400 (Harrell), enacting illegal immigration reform
S.392 (Ritchie), enacting the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act
H.4385 (Viers), relating to arrest status reports
H.4353 (Viers), providing state services in an English-only format
These bills now move to the full House Judiciary Committee for consideration next week. The Subcommittee also gave a favorable report to S.453 (Senate Banking & Insurance Committee), enacting the Financial Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Protection Act.
The House Labor, Commerce and Industry Subcommittee on Insurance took up S.588 (McConnell), creating a small employer health group cooperative, on Tuesday. The legislation is similar in its aim to the Small Business Health Care Plan legislation that the National Association of REALTORS® has been pursuing at the federal level. S. 588 would allow a nonprofit corporation, like SCR, to form a health group cooperative through which its members could purchase health insurance. The bill now moves to the full House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee for consideration. South Carolina REALTORS® support S. 588 and have been working for its passage since it was introduced last year. House LCI Committee Chairman, Harry Cato, introduced companion legislation in the House last year.

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