House Bills - March 3, 2023

 H. 4048 (Reps. Crawford, West, Davis, Erickson, W. Newton, Bannister, Hiott, Hixon, Sandifer, Jordan and Hewitt ) – Amends Section 58-37-40, relating to integrated resource plans, to provide that a central electric power cooperative must submit all proposed contracts or other plans for the procurement of electric generation to the Joint Bond Review Committee.

H. 4059 (Reps. W. Newton, Bradley, Erickson, Herbkersman, Rivers and Hager) – Amends Section 4-37-30, relating to uses for which the revenues of a sales tax for transportation facilities may be used, to provide that the revenues may be used for additional projects.

H. 4061 (Reps. Beach, B. L. Cox, Kilmartin, Leber, Pace, Cromer and O'Neal) – Adds Section 15-73-50 to prohibit legal action by the state or its political subdivisions against a manufacturer, trade association, distributor, or dealer of firearms or ammunition arising out of the lawful design, marketing, distribution, or sale of firearms or ammunition to the public.

H. 4063 (Reps. Blackwell, Oremus, Taylor and Hixon) – Amends Section 7-3-20, relating to duties of the Executive Director of the State Election Commission, to require that a hand-count audit be conducted publicly.

H. 4064 (Reps. Davis, Bustos and Bernstein) – Enacts the "Multifamily Dwelling Safety Act."

H. 4065 (Rep. Herbkersman) – Enacts the "Livable Homes Tax Credit Act."

H. 4066 (Rep. B. Newton) – Amends Sections 7-9-80 and 7-9-100, relating to the county and state conventions of a political party, respectively, to change the formula for determining how many delegates each county may elect to the state convention.

H. 4067 (Reps. J. Moore, Garvin, Pendarvis, Jefferson, J. L. Johnson, Rose and McDaniel) – Adds Article 22 to Chapter 13, Title 24 to provide certain persons wrongfully convicted of and imprisoned for crimes may recover the monetary value of the loss sustained from their wrongful convictions and imprisonments.

H. 4068 (Reps. Gatch, Bauer, J. L. Johnson, Leber, Magnuson, Murphy, Robbins, Brewer, Hiott, West, Davis, Brittain, Guest, Sessions, Haddon and McDaniel) – Directs the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives to undertake an immediate inquiry as to whether or not under Article XV, Section 1, of the Constitution of this state, the Comptroller General of South Carolina should be impeached for serious misconduct in office including, but not limited to, dereliction of duty and breach of the public trust and, if by clear and convincing evidence sufficient grounds are found, to report articles of impeachment to the floor of the House of Representatives.