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Legislative Leadership

Legislation Which Has Become Law

• Primary Sponsor of the SLED Background Check for Daycare Worker’s Act
  This law requires that all persons seeking employment or providing care in day care centers undergo a fingerprint review to be conducted by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
• Primary Sponsor of the Smoke-Free Daycare Facility Act
• Primary Sponsor of the Mortgage Loan Originator’s Licensing Act
  This law clearly defines a mortgage broker and a processor; specifying the responsibilities of mortgage loan originators to provide licensure, renewal fees and regulation.
• Primary Sponsor of the Youth Mentoring Act
  This law requires that the S.C. Attorney General establish a youth mentor program for nonviolent offenders, consisting of a church mentor program and a community mentor program, and providing that participation in the program be required as a pre-trail option.
• Co-Sponsor of the Criminal Gang Prevention Act
• Original sponsor of the Predatory Mortgage Loan Prevention Act in the year 2000
  This act creates a committee in banking and insurance to look at problems encountered by low- income borrowers seeking equity and home mortgage loans.
• Primary Sponsor of the Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program
  This law requires the S.C. Commission on Higher Education enter into contracts with specified private colleges and universities including five HBCU’s, to enhance the educational opportunities of low-income, educationally and socially disadvantaged students.
• Primary Sponsor of the Local Option Blue Law Reform Act
  This law allows for local government to increase the hours that local businesses can provide services on Sundays.

• An act is legislation which has become law.

Other Key Legislation

• Primary sponsor of a bill to raise the minimum wage in South Carolina.
• A primary sponsor of the African-American History Monument Legislation.
• Primary sponsor of a bill to include a cumulative grade point average on all high school report cards.
• Primary sponsor of a bill to require financial literacy be taught in schools.
• Primary sponsor of a bill to regulate homeowner’s associations.

• A bill is a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment.