Rep. FLEMING moved to dispense with the motion period, which was agreed to by a division vote of 41 to 14.
Debate was resumed on the following Bill, the pending question being the consideration of Amendment No. 2, Rep. SCOTT having the floor.
H. 3730 -- Reps. J. Young, Allison, Askins, Bailey, Baxley, Beatty, Boan, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Brown, Byrd, Cain, Cato, Cave, Chamblee, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, Cromer, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Elliott, Fair, Felder, Fleming, Fulmer, Gamble, Govan, Hallman, Harrell, J. Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Harwell, Haskins, Herdklotz, Hines, Hodges, Huff, Hutson, Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kinon, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Lanford, Law, Limbaugh, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Marchbanks, Martin, Mason, McAbee, McCraw, McElveen, Meacham, Moody-Lawrence, Neilson, Phillips, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Richardson, Riser, Robinson, Sandifer, Scott, Seithel, Sharpe, Shissias, Simrill, D. Smith, R. Smith, Spearman, Stille, Stoddard, Stuart, Thomas, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Waldrop, Walker, Wells, Whatley, S. Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Williams, Witherspoon, Wofford, Worley, Wright and A. Young: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 4 TO CHAPTER 31, TITLE 23 SO AS TO ENACT THE "LAW ABIDING CITIZENS SELF-DEFENSE ACT OF 1995" AND TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO ISSUE PERMITS TO ALLOW CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS.
Rep. EASTERDAY moved immediate cloture on the entire matter, which was agreed to.
Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 2, which was proposed on Thursday, May 11, by Reps. SCOTT, CROMER and SHISSIAS.
Rep. CROMER spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. SIMRILL spoke against the amendment and moved to table the
amendment.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Brown, G. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Dantzler Davenport Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Hallman Haskins Herdklotz Kirsh Klauber Lanford Law Limehouse Littlejohn Mason McAbee Meacham Neilson Quinn Rice Riser Sandifer Seithel Simrill Smith, R. Spearman Stuart Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Whatley Whipper, S. Witherspoon Wofford Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Anderson Baxley Boan Breeland Brown, T. Carnell Cave Cotty Cromer Gamble Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Hines Hodges Howard Huff Hutson Inabinett Jaskwhich Jennings Kelley Keyserling Kinon Knotts Koon Lloyd Marchbanks Martin McCraw McKay McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Rhoad Richardson Robinson Scott Sheheen Shissias Stille Stoddard Tucker Wells White
Wilder Wilkes Worley Wright Young, J.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. QUINN moved to divide the question.
Rep. CROMER moved to table the motion.
Rep. QUINN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Anderson Breeland Brown, T. Cave Cromer Gamble Govan Haskins Hines Hodges Howard Hutson Inabinett Jaskwhich Kelley Keyserling Lloyd Martin McCraw McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Rhoad Richardson Riser Scott Sheheen Shissias Spearman White Wilder Wilkes Worley Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Baxley Brown, G. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Herdklotz Huff Jennings Kinon Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh
Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McAbee Meacham Neilson Quinn Rice Robinson Sandifer Seithel Simrill Smith, R. Stille Stoddard Stuart Townsend Tripp Trotter Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Wells Whatley Whipper, S. Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the motion to divide the question.
The question then recurred to the motion to divide the question, which was agreed to.
The SPEAKER Pro Tempore granted Rep. DAVENPORT a leave of absence for the remainder of the day.
Rep. HODGES raised the Point of Order that since the question had been divided and there were two separate amendments now that the full period of debate should be allowed on each amendment.
Rep. FLEMING argued that this was not a new amendment even though the question had been divided and that the time had elapsed on the amendment.
Rep. HUFF stated that the original vote had been taken on Sections 12 and 13 together, but that this was now a new vote on each one individually and that debate should be allowed.
Rep. FLEMING stated that the Rules provided that this was Amendment No. 2 to the Bill and remained one amendment even though the question had been divided.
Rep. HUFF stated that the question now was to debate Section 12 and then Section 13 and debate should be allowed on each one.
Rep. SHEHEEN stated that it would be treated in the Journal as two separate amendments and would be numbered 2A and 2B.
Rep. SHISSIAS inquired about cloture being invoked and could the House divide
the question and consider this as two separate amendments.
(12) college or university campus
Rep. CROMER spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. QUINN moved to table the amendment.
Rep. SCOTT demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Askins Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Dantzler Easterday Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Hallman Harrell Haskins Huff Kinon Kirsh Klauber Lanford Law Limehouse Littlejohn Mason McAbee Meacham Neilson Quinn Rice Sandifer Seithel Simrill Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stoddard Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Whatley Whipper, S. Wofford Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Anderson Baxley Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, T. Cave Cotty
Cromer Gamble Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Hines Hodges Hutson Inabinett Jaskwhich Jennings Kelley Keyserling Knotts Koon Lloyd Marchbanks Martin McCraw McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Scott Sheheen Shissias Stuart Wells Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Worley Wright Young, J.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. QUINN spoke against the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Rep. SIMRILL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Anderson Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, T. Cave Cotty Cromer Gamble Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Hines Hodges Hutson Inabinett Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Koon Lloyd Marchbanks Martin McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Scott Sheheen Shissias Stuart Wells
White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Worley Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Askins Baxley Brown, H. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Dantzler Easterday Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Hallman Harrell Haskins Huff Jennings Kirsh Klauber Knotts Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Mason McAbee McCraw Meacham Neilson Quinn Rice Sandifer Seithel Simrill Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stoddard Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Whatley Whipper, S. Williams Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A.
So, the amendment was rejected.
(13) church or other established religious sanctuary./
Rep. COOPER moved to table the amendment.
Rep. CROMER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Cato Cooper Easterday Fleming Gamble Hallman
Limehouse Littlejohn McAbee Meacham Rice Seithel Simrill Stille Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Anderson Askins Baxley Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, T. Cain Carnell Cave Chamblee Cotty Cromer Dantzler Felder Fulmer Govan Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Haskins Hines Hodges Huff Hutson Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Lloyd Marchbanks Mason McCraw McKay McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Quinn Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Scott Sheheen Smith, R. Spearman Stoddard Stuart Waldrop Wells Whatley Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. TOWNSEND spoke against the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Anderson Askins Bailey Baxley Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Cain Cave Chamblee Cotty Cromer Felder Govan Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Hines Hodges Huff Hutson Jennings Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Lanford Lloyd Marchbanks Martin McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Quinn Richardson Robinson Sandifer Scott Sheheen Shissias Smith, R. Stoddard Stuart Tucker Wells Whatley White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams Worley Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Brown, H. Carnell Cato Cooper Dantzler Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Haskins Herdklotz Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Mason McAbee McCraw Meacham Neilson Rhoad Rice Riser Seithel Simrill Spearman Stille Townsend Tripp Trotter
Vaughn Waldrop Witherspoon Wofford Wright
So, the amendment was adopted.
Reps. KELLEY, WITHERSPOON and WORLEY proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\DKA\3955CM.95), which was adopted.
Amend the Report of the Committee on Judiciary, as and if amended, Section 23-3-215(L)(10), SECTION 1, page 3730-5, by striking lines 26 and 27, and inserting:
/consumption on its premises;/
Amend title to conform.
Rep. J. YOUNG explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. SHEHEEN proposed the following Amendment No. 4, which was tabled.
AMEND THE BILL, AS AND IF AMENDED, SECTION 23-31-215 (L) BY ADDING AN APPROPRIATELY NUMBERED SECTION TO READ:
( ) VENUE SUBJECT TO THE ADMISSIONS TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 17, CHAPTER 21 OF TITLE 12.
Rep. SHEHEEN explained the amendment.
Rep. J. YOUNG spoke against the amendment.
Rep. J. YOUNG moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to by a division vote of 40 to 34.
Rep. SHEHEEN proposed the following Amendment No. 5, which was adopted.
AMEND THE BILL, AS AND IF AMENDED, SECTION 23-31-215 (L) BY ADDING AN APPROPRIATELY NUMBERED SECTION TO READ:
( ) BUILDING OR FACILITY OR PROPERTY OWNED BY A MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT FOR EVENTS RELATING TO FIREARM ACTIVITIES