The South Carolina General Assembly has met for what is expected to be the final day of the 2024 session, taking up a flurry of bills and giving several lawmakers a chance to say goodbye. Legislators sent to the governor’s desk a bill changing the way judges are screened before the General Assembly votes on them. They overrode Gov.
South Carolina state Sen. Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia, gives his going away speech after 48 years in the Senate, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Dick Harpootlian, D-Columbia, pauses to collect his thoughts while giving his farewell speech on Wednesday, June 26,2024, in Columbia, S.C. A portrait of South Carolina Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, hangs in the Senate chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Columbia, S.C.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey was a 1-year-old when Setzler first took his seat. The two grew close when they worked together to try to help the state get through the failure when the private utility South Carolina Electric & Gas and state-owned Santee Cooper poured“He shows up. He pays attention. He’s smart. He works hard and he operates in good faith,” Massey said.
The commission must send out all qualified candidates up to six instead of a previous cap of three. Term limits mean all but three of the 10 current members must leave in July 2025. It does not limit the number of legislators who can serve, but any member must be a member of the South Carolina Bar for at least 10 years.
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