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SC politics briefing Zak Koeske, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
May 7 Welcome to your weekly South Carolina politics briefing, a newsletter curated by The State s politics and government team.
As legislative session winds down one week until sine die South Carolina is primed to expand state gun laws.
After a more than 12-hour debate, the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday voted mostly down party lines to pass a House-sponsored bill that would give concealed weapons permit holders the right to carry hand guns in the open.
The bill, which Senate Democrats criticized as a blatant ploy to assuage a minority of Republican voters, now returns to the House, which is likely to reject the Senate s changes, triggering a six-member joint panel to hammer out the differences.
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McMaster files appeal on preliminary injunction of Fetal HeartBeat bill Gov. Henry McMaster has filed an appeal on a pause of the Fetal Heartbeat law. Last month, a judge blocked the law from taking effect. By Live 5 Web Staff | April 2, 2021 at 4:59 PM EDT - Updated April 3 at 5:34 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster has filed an appeal on a pause of the Fetal Heartbeat law.
Last month, a judge blocked the law from taking effect.
As written, the bill is said to prevent most abortions in the state. It would block doctors from performing an abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, which normally happens as early as about six weeks into a pregnancy.
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