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Hearn served in South Carolina Legislature 1975-1990, focusing on worker s compensation and rights for the disabled
Author: WLTX
Updated: 11:47 PM EST January 24, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Republican lawmaker, the Honorable Joyce C. Hearn passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. 
Hearn represented District 76, covering part of Richland County, from 1975 to 1990. During her time in the State House, Hearn was at times the only woman in the Legislature and introduced or sponsored legislation focusing on the rights of crime victims, reforming workers compensation and the rights of the disabled.
According to her obituary from Dunbar Funeral Home, Hearn s work to expand the prosecution of rape to include degrees of criminal sexual assault has changed the way the South Carolina public views rape, giving hope to all victims of domestic violence. ....

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