Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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05.19.2016 The House Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report.
05.18.2016 The House Judiciary Constitutional Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
03.22.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment removes the General Assembly from being subject to the bill and removes a “member of the public body” as being eligible to serve as the body’s chaplain.
03.15.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee carried this bill over.
03.01.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee carried this bill over.
02.25.2016 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Defines a public prayer in open meetings of deliberative bodies as a prayer or invocation and makes other changes to the SC Public Invocation Act to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Town of Greece, NY vs. Galloway (2014) case. |
