Good morning. I hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather was touch and go at times, but all in all, it was a great weekend here in South Carolina.
For those of us who spend a portion of our time at the SC State House, we are bracing for the final six days of the first session of the 125th SC General Assembly. Last week was the final week for most subcommittees for this year’s session. Full committees will be meeting this week, and those bills still have a shot of passing this year if they have already crossed over from one body to the other. In committee last week, the Senate continued to debate the split of SCDHEC. With the House bill (H.4124) already moved from one body to the other, we anticipate that whatever they pass in the Senate will be used for compromise in the Conference Committee. The House version has not passed the Senate yet, so Conference Committee may not be in the cards this year.