{"id":166,"date":"2016-02-15T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T00:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2016-02-18T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T20:44:51","slug":"sc-personhood-amendment-52-house-13-senate-members-in-support-but-23-needed-83-in-house-at-least-30-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/15\/sc-personhood-amendment-52-house-13-senate-members-in-support-but-23-needed-83-in-house-at-least-30-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Personhood Amendment – 52 House, 13 Senate members in support but 2\/3 needed [ 83 in House, at least 30 in Senate ]"},"content":{"rendered":"

SC Personhood Amendment Status Summary:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 SC Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin<\/strong><\/a> ( R-Pickens ) has still failed to assign <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a> to a Judiciary Subcommittee.
\n<\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a> was introduced in the SC Senate on April 28, 2015.\u00a0 Senator Larry Martin has been repeatedly asked to assign\u00a0 <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a> to a favorable subcommittee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
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2.\u00a0 This year 2016 is an election year for all 46 SC Senate seats.\u00a0 The SC Election Commission <\/strong>2016 Election Calendar<\/strong><\/a> lists the beginning of the filing period for all candidates seeking a political party nomination for the office of SC State Senate and SC State House of Representatives ( and other federal and local offices ) to be March 16, 2016. This filing period closes at 12 noon on March 30, 2016.
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3.\u00a0 The SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment is filed in the SC House ( <\/strong>H.4093<\/strong><\/a> ) and the SC Senate ( <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a> ).<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 SC House of Representatives<\/u> <\/strong>– H.4093<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0(1)\u00a0 In the SC House of Representatives, <\/strong>H.4093<\/strong><\/a> has 50 co-sponsors, plus two more Representatives who have signed the <\/strong>SC Pastors Alliance Pledge<\/strong><\/a>, but who have not signed on yet as co-sponsors, for a total of 52 members of the SC House of Representatives who are supporting the SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment. Two-thirds of the elected Representatives are needed ( 2\/3 of 124 ) to pass <\/strong>H.4093<\/strong><\/a> to place the SC Personhood Amendment on the <\/strong>General Election<\/strong><\/a> Ballot in South Carolina on November 8, 2016, for the people to vote<\/u><\/i><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0 Two-thirds of 124 rounds up to 83 Representatives.\u00a0 Presently 52 have indicated their support, leaving 31 more who are needed out of the remaining 72 Representatives in the SC House.\u00a0 [ The SC House<\/a><\/strong> is currently made up of a total of 78 Republicans and 46 Democrats. ]<\/strong>
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b.\u00a0 SC Senate<\/u> – <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0(1)\u00a0 In the SC Senate, <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a> has 10 co-sponsors, plus three more Senators who have signed the <\/strong>SC Pastors Alliance Pledge<\/strong><\/a>, but who have not signed on yet as co-sponsors, for a total of 13 members of the SC Senate who are supporting the SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment.\u00a0 Two-thirds of the elected Senators are needed ( 2\/3 of 45 presently, with one seat vacant; normally 2\/3 of 46 ) to pass the <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a> to place the Personhood Amendment on the <\/strong>General Election<\/strong><\/a> Ballot in South Carolina on November 8, 2016, for the people to vote<\/u><\/i><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0 Two-thirds of 45 is 30 Senators [ 2\/3 of 46 rounds up to 31 Senators. ]\u00a0 Presently 13 have indicated their support, leaving at least 17 currently [ possibly 18 later ] more who are needed out of the present remaining 32 Senators [ possibly 33 remaining Senators later if the vacant seat is filled ] in the SC Senate.\u00a0 [ The SC Senate<\/strong><\/a> is currently made up of a total of 27 Republicans and 18 Democrats, with one seat vacant. ]
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4.\u00a0 List of all FOURTEEN ( 14 ) REPUBLICAN SC SENATORS who have neither<\/u><\/i><\/span> yet co-sponsored <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a>, nor<\/u><\/i><\/span> have they signed the
\n<\/strong>SC Pastors Alliance Pledge<\/strong><\/a> in support of <\/strong>S.719<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The Senator’s District Number, and the Counties which are included in that Senate District, are listed after each Senator’s name.\u00a0 ( Most Counties are divided between Senate Districts. )<\/strong><\/p>\n

[ Members of the SC Senate<\/u> – http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?chamber=S<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Thomas C. Alexander<\/a> – <\/b>District 1 – Oconee & Pickens Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Sean Bennett<\/a> – <\/b>District 38 – Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul G. Campbell, Jr.<\/a> – <\/b>District 44 – Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

George E. “Chip” Campsen, III<\/a> – <\/b>District 43 – Beaufort, Charleston & Colleton Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Raymond E. Cleary, III<\/a> – <\/b>District 34 – Charleston, Georgetown & Horry Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

John E. Courson<\/a> – <\/b>District 20 – Lexington & Richland Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Davis<\/a> – <\/b>District 46 – Beaufort & Jasper Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Greg Hembree<\/a> – <\/b>District 28 – Dillon & Horry Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr.<\/a> – <\/b>District 31 – Darlington & Florence Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Larry A. Martin<\/a> – <\/b>District 2 – Pickens County – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Harvey S. Peeler, Jr.<\/a> – <\/b>District 14 – Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union & York Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke A. Rankin<\/a> – <\/b>District 33 – Horry County – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Thurmond<\/a> – <\/b>District 41 – Charleston & Dorchester Counties – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Young, Jr.<\/a> – <\/b>District 24 – Aiken County – Map<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>“Pro-Life is Pro-Personhood<\/u>“<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If your SC State Senator is listed above among the 14 Republican State Senators who have <\/span>neither<\/u><\/i><\/span> yet co-sponsored S.719<\/a>, <\/span>nor<\/u><\/i><\/span> have they signed the SC Pastors Alliance Pledge<\/a> in support of S.719<\/a>, please contact<\/u> \/ visit them immediately<\/u> and continually<\/u>, reminding them that the language of this Personhood Amendment is virtually identical verbatim to the language of Republican Advisory Question #1 on the June 2014 Republican Primary Ballot<\/a>, which passed by over 78% statewide ( 2014 Statewide Primary Election, go to page 10<\/a> ), with over 240,000 Republican<\/a> Primary voters voting in favor<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell your Senator,\u00a0 Let the People Vote !!! <\/span><\/p>\n

( See February 4, 2016\u00a0 “Open Letter to REPUBLICAN South Carolina Senators ( 27 )” below and posted here<\/a>. )<\/p>\n

Even if an individual Senator is personally opposed to SC Personhood Legislation
\n( e.g., Senator Larry Martin<\/a> ( R-Pickens ) and Senator George “Chip” Campsen, III<\/a> ( R – Beaufort, Charleston & Colleton ), remind them, in the concluding words of the February 4, 2016 letter sent to them:\u00a0 LET THE PEOPLE VOTE<\/u> !!!
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>” Open Letter to REPUBLICAN South Carolina Senators ( 27 )”<\/a>
\n[ Excerpt ]
\n<\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span>“Over the past 17 years of introducing Personhood BILLS<\/u> in the SC Legislature ( 1998-2015<\/a> ), the General Assembly has failed to establish justice for pre-birth human beings by actually passing any of these bills in both chambers.\u00a0 S.719<\/a> introduced on April 28, 2015 is the first time a proposed Personhood Constitutional AMENDMENT<\/u> has been introduced.\u00a0 It is time to LET THE PEOPLE VOTE<\/u> !!!”<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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