{"id":461,"date":"2018-02-26T13:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T19:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2018-03-05T13:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T19:53:33","slug":"sc-senate-judiciary-committee-chairman-luke-rankin-rino-horry-continues-his-2017-2018-obstruction-of-sc-personhood-bill-s-217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/26\/sc-senate-judiciary-committee-chairman-luke-rankin-rino-horry-continues-his-2017-2018-obstruction-of-sc-personhood-bill-s-217\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Luke Rankin (RINO-Horry) continues his 2017-2018 obstruction of SC Personhood Bill S .217"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">Christians<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">for Personhood<\/a> ( <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">CP<\/a> )<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Columbia, South Carolina<br \/>\nFebruary 12, 2018<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>(Audio \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/video\/archives.php\">Video<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">SC Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1511363455\">Luke Rankin<\/a> (RINO-Horry)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\"><i><u>continues<\/u><\/i><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">his 2017-2018 obstruction of SC Personhood Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a>:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1) <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">Truncated<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Feb 6; did not reach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7777.pdf\">Agenda<\/a><br \/>\n2) <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">Cancelled<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Senate standing Judiciary Committee meeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/meetings.php?chamber=S\">Feb 13<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________<br \/>\n____________________________________<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\"><i>In the <u>six<\/u> Tuesdays since the 2018 Session of the SC Legislature convened on January 9, as of tomorrow February 13, Chairman\u00a0<\/i><\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1511363455\">Luke Rankin<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\"> will have called Senate Judiciary Committee meetings on only two ( Jan 30 and Feb 6 ) of these six dates, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a>, the SC Personhood Bill, will have been discussed in only <u>one<\/u> &#8211; Jan 30.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\">So instead of passing the bill out of the Senate Judiciary Committee when it first appeared on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7077.pdf\">Agenda<\/a> on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u>May 2, 2017<\/u>,<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\"> Senator <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1511363455\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Rankin\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\">has now successfully delayed passage out of his Judiciary Committee until at least <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u>February 20, 2018<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\"> &#8211; using the committee process to kill the bill while minimizing his legislative record &#8220;fingerprints&#8221; on its death.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Read more details of Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1511363455\">Luke Rankin<\/a>&#8216;s delaying tactics, &#8220;slow-walking&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> last year through the entire 2017 Legislative Session <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/09\/newsletter\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/11\/the-times-examiner-personhood-and-2018-sc-legislature-pass-personhood-now-jan-3-2018\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2018-01-09-Personhood-and-2018-SC-Legislature-Pass-Personhood-Now!-The-Times-Examiner-Jan-03-2018.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before the beginning of the 2018 Session, stated goals were to have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> favorably passed out of Senate Judiciary Committee by <span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">January 16;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> assigned Special Order status under Senate Rules Committee by <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">January 30;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> passed with no &#8220;exceptions&#8221; amendments by full SC Senate by <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">April 10, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and passed with no &#8220;exceptions&#8221; amendments by full SC House by the last day of the regular 2018 Session, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">May 10.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\"><i><u>However, we are now about one month behind this timetable<\/u>.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">__________________________________<br \/>\n__________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u>More SC Personhood Bill S217 News<\/u>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1) Brave, bold, Recall Motion by Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1179545313\">Shane Martin<\/a> (R-Spartanburg), Christian, Baptist Deacon, SC Personhood Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> co-sponsor, on Tuesday, Feb 6 in full Senate chamber, to pull <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217\u00a0<\/a>directly out of the Republican-majority [ 14 R, 9 D ] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/committee.php?chamber=S#jud\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>, and onto the Senate calendar.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25\">Recall Vote<\/a> failed: 10 Ayes <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">[ 10 R, 0\u00a0 D ]<b> &#8211; 34 Nays <\/b>[ 16 R, 18 D ]<b>.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2) <a href=\"https:\/\/personhood.sc\/amendment-to-s217\/\">Amendment<\/a> to SC Personhood Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> proposed by five Senators co-sponsoring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> intended to &#8220;clarify&#8221; certain &#8220;cases&#8221; ( life of the mother, contraceptives, in vitro ) broadcast publicly by e-mail on Feb 8 by Personhood South Carolina, described as a &#8220;GOOD CLARIFYING AMENDMENT TO BE SUPPORTED&#8221;, is actually flawed and if attached to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> as written would undermine Personhood principle in the bill.<br \/>\n[ Christians for Personhood&#8217;s initial recommendation ( <a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2018-02-02-Proposed-Amendments-to-S.217-in-Senate-Judiciary-Committee.pdf\">Feb 2<\/a> ) for Amendment language was sent to these same Senators ahead of the Feb 6 Senate Judiciary Committee meeting; revised recommended Amendment language ( <a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2018-02-08-Proposed-Amendments-to-S.217-in-Senate-Judiciary-Committee-Feb-13-2018.pdf\">Feb 8<\/a> ) was sent to these same Senators ahead of the anticipated (now cancelled) Feb 13 Senate Judiciary Committee meeting. ]\u00a0 Christians are asked to please pray only principled Personhood amendment language will actually be offered at the next meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee ( February 20th ? ) by Senators co-sponsoring SC Personhood Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u>Note<\/u>: By definition, there are no &#8220;exceptions&#8221; to Human ( <i>Natural<\/i> ) Personhood:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2013-12-11%20%20Blacks%20Law%20Dictionary%202009;%20Person%20=%20A%20Human%20Being.docx\">Black&#8217;s Law Dictionary (2009): Person = &#8220;A Human Being&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>&#8220;person. &#8230; 1. A human being. &#8211; Also termed <i>natural person.<\/i>&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2013-12-09-Blacks-Law-Dictionary-Person-3.pdf\">http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2013-12-09-Blacks-Law-Dictionary-Person-3.pdf<\/a> <\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Personhood Report: In Law, No Exceptions to Human Personhood<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/30\/personhood-report-in-law-no-exceptions-to-human-personhood\/\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/30\/personhood-report-in-law-no-exceptions-to-human-personhood\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Personhood Report: No Exceptions to Personhood<br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/personhood-report-no-exceptions-to-personhood\/\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/personhood-report-no-exceptions-to-personhood\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>If there are\u00a0 any &#8220;EXCEPTIONS&#8221; to Personhood, then we no longer have Personhood, nor a Personhood Bill.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_______________________________<br \/>\n_______________________________<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><u>Further reporting on February 6 Judiciary Committee meeting<\/u>:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">Truncated<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Judiciary Committee meeting February 6; did not reach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7777.pdf\">Agenda<\/a>:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Instead of the normal two-hour meeting, 11am &#8211; 1 pm, at the very beginning of calling the meeting to order ( late ), Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1511363455\">Luke Rankin<\/a> announced an early adjournment at 12 noon to accommodate the Senate Democrat Caucus being able to listen to a speaker on taxes, at the request of Senate Minority ( Democrat ) Leader Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1649999802\">Nikki Setzler<\/a> ( D-Lexington ).\u00a0 This may be heard on audio and seen on video below.\u00a0 The meeting lasted less than one hour.\u00a0 While most had likely expected the meeting to last the normal length ( two hours ), some knew of the shortened meeting in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Audio &#8211; Beginning of February 6 Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting: Chairman, Senator Luke Rankin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/DS_21285\">http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/DS_21285<\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u> (2).WMA<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>[ Must copy and paste web address into browser ]<br \/>\n[ Audio &#8211; 0:57 ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">South Carolina Legislature<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Video Archives by meeting time<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/video\/archives.php\">http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/video\/archives.php<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>Select Year:\u00a0 2018<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Tuesday, February 6, 2018\u00a0 11:00 am<br \/>\nSenate Judiciary Committee &#8212; Judiciary Committee<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7777.pdf\">Agenda<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gressette Senate Office Building, Room 105<br \/>\nVideo &#8211; 55:55<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>&#8211; In addition, instead of being first, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> was on the January 30 Judiciary Committee Meeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7659.pdf\">Agenda<\/a>, on the February 6 Judiciary Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7777.pdf\">Agenda<\/a>, set under the authority of Chairman Luke Rankin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217\u00a0<\/a>was listed for consideration <i>after <\/i>three Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission appointments, and <i>after<\/i> two bills related to the failed VC Summer nuclear plant project.\u00a0 The consequence of this lower priority for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217\u00a0<\/a>on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7777.pdf\">Agenda<\/a> in combination with the truncated meeting and early adjournment, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> was never<br \/>\ntaken up at all on February 6th.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">_______________________________<br \/>\n_______________________________<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u>Further reporting on February 6 Recall attempt to pull S.217 out of Judiciary Committee and place the bill on the Senate calendar<\/u>:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<b>&#8211; Brave, bold, Recall Motion by Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1179545313\">Shane Martin<\/a> (R-Spartanburg), Christian, Baptist Deacon, SC Personhood Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> co-sponsor, on Tuesday, Feb 6 in full Senate chamber, to pull <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217\u00a0<\/a>directly out of the Republican-majority [ 14 R, 9 D ] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/committee.php?chamber=S#jud\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>, and onto the Senate calendar.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25\">Recall Vote<\/a> failed: 10 Ayes <\/b>[ 10 R, 0\u00a0 D ]<b> &#8211; 34 Nays <\/b>[ 16 R, 18 D ]<b>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the afternoon, Tuesday, February 6, in the full SC Senate chamber, experienced (3rd term in office), Christian, pro-Personhood Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1179545313\">Shane Martin<\/a> made a bold, surprise motion during the daily Motion Period to RECALL <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> Personhood Bill directly out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and onto the full Senate calendar.\u00a0 Unfortunately, only 10 Senators supported this courageous act to bypass the obstruction of Senator Luke Rankin and others.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 Senators (all Republicans) who voted Feb 6 <b><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">FOR<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> the Recall ( <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">Ayes<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> ) of S217 are:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alexander, Cash, Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Gambrell, Martin, Peeler, Rice, and Timmons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The 34 who voted <\/b><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">AGAINST<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> the Recall ( <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">Nays<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> ) were 16 Republicans and 18 Democrats:<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">16 Republicans<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bennett, Campbell, Campsen, Climer, Goldfinch, Gregory, Grooms, Hembree, Leatherman, Massey, Rankin, Senn, Shealy, Talley, Turner, Young<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>18 Democrats<br \/>\n<\/b>Allen, Fanning, Hutto, Jackson, Johnson, Kimpson, Malloy, <i>Matthews (John)<\/i>, <i>Matthews (Margie),\u00a0<\/i>McElveen, McLeod, Nicholson, Reese, Sabb, Scott, Setzler, Sheheen, Williams<\/p>\n<p>This Roll Call vote is recorded in the February 6, 2018 Senate Journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 [ Senator Verdin had leave. ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>______________________________________<br \/>\n______________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Official Archived Video of the SC Senate for February 6, 2018 can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/video\/archives.php\">here<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Legislature<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Video Archives by meeting time<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/video\/archives.php\">http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/video\/archives.php<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>Select Year:\u00a0 2018<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Tuesday, February 6, 2018\u00a0 2:00 pm<br \/>\nSenate &#8212; Senate<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b>SC State House &#8211; Senate Chamber<br \/>\n<\/b>Video &#8211; 1:39:50<\/p>\n<p>Begin viewing 1:14:45 &#8211; Lt Gov Bryant: &#8220;We are now in the Motion Period. Senator from Spartanburg, for what purpose do you rise?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Shane Martin: &#8220;Rise to make a Motion.<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gov Bryant: &#8220;Please state your Motion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Shane Martin: &#8220;My Motion is to pull Senate Bill 217, the Personhood Bill, out of the Committee on Judiciary, and place it on the calendar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>continued&#8230; [ Includes a Roll Call vote on a Motion to Adjourn, which failed 19 Ayes &#8211; 21 Nays ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Begin viewing 1:20:15 &#8211; Senator Luke Rankin [ To speak in opposition to Senator Martin&#8217;s Recall Motion ]<\/p>\n<p>[ Excerpts: Senator Rankin comments 1:20:15 &#8211; 1:24:20 ]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;&#8230; I&#8217;m not here to speak for or against the merits of this bill, but what I am here to speak on, are the merits, or perhaps if you don&#8217;t like what has developed thus far, the demerits, of the effort to consider this bill.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;The effort thus far, has been to have a Subcommittee, which met a number of times,&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Correction<\/u>: The Subcommittee actually met TWO TIMES:\u00a0 March 30, 2017 and April 26, 2017. ]<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>&#8220;The Subcommittee reported its bill in the first full Committee meeting which we had last Tuesday [ Jan 30 ] &#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Correction<\/u>: The S.217 Subcommittee report was first on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7077.pdf\">Agenda<\/a> of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on May 2, 2017, during the week before the end of the regular 2017 Session on May 11, 2017. ] <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>OVER NINE MONTHS EARLIER. ]<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>[ Re: Jan 30 Jud Comm meeting ] &#8220;We had an hour and I think 30 minutes of discussion on this bill, and if you didn&#8217;t like what happened at the end of that hour and 30 minutes of discussion on that bill, which was to carry over further consideration of that bill, by a vote of 19 to 4, then you don&#8217;t like the committee process, perhaps, and you want to bypass that, and you want to come straight to the floor.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Correction<\/u>: The official minutes of the Senate Judiciary Committee record the carry over vote was 18 to 5. ]<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;I&#8217;m not here for or against.the merits of the bill.\u00a0 I am against an effort, to effectively, to hijack the committee process. If we can&#8217;t wait ONE WEEK to have a bill considered in the Committee, which is vested with the jurisdiction to consider that bill, then you may as well check out of the Committee process.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s bypass the Committee, and let&#8217;s just bring it all to the floor.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Comment<\/u>: The Judiciary Committee last considered S.217 on January 30, and now it looks like it will not be considered again, at the earliest, until February 20, THREE WEEKS later ! ]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I submit to ya, that&#8217;s what this [ Recall ] effort is, bypassing the committee process.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Comment<\/u>: This bill <\/b><\/span><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">was filed January 10, 2017.\u00a0 Senator Rankin took well over two months until March 22, 2017 to even assign the bill to a Subcommittee, and he appointed a pro-&#8220;abortion&#8221; Subcommittee Chairwoman, who then took almost the rest of the 2017 Session to conduct TWO Subcommittee hearings, March 30 and April 26, 2017. ]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;A vote to carry this over today, rather to set this and recall it, is a slap to this Senate, and a slap to the committee process .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[ Senator Rankin END &#8211; 1:24:20 ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>___________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>continued&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Begin viewing 1:25:00 &#8211; Senator Shane Martin [ To speak in favor of his Recall Motion ]<\/p>\n<p>[ Excerpts: Senator Martin comments 1:25:00 &#8211; 1:29:00 ]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; I saw an opportunity today to be recognized in the Motion Period, which I may never get again, but I took the opportunity, I didn&#8217;t have a chance to talk to anybody about it.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;So I rise today, I didn&#8217;t know this was gonna happen, but I&#8217;ve been here in this Senate long enough, and one of my issues is protecting life and protecting unborn children.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what this bill does.\u00a0 Senator Cash, I believe, Senator from Anderson, is here mainly for that issue, &#8230; a lot of people are.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve watched the committee process, I respect the committee process, but I also watch <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>filibusters by committee<\/b><\/span> happen all the time.\u00a0 This issue of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>personhood <\/b><\/span>has been around ever since I&#8217;ve been in the Senate. &#8230; We can&#8217;t continue to wait, and go through more filibusters by committee.&#8221;\u00a0 [ emphasis added ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;So that&#8217;s why I rise today. I want to get this out of committee where it&#8217;s languished for years and years.\u00a0 I know we&#8217;re just in 2018, and we had one meeting, and I appreciate that, but I feel the next meeting is gonna be more of the same, so until we take the time to debate this issue, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m doing what I&#8217;m doing.\u00a0 I apologize for not giving you notice, because I couldn&#8217;t give you notice.\u00a0 If I gave you notice, I wouldn&#8217;t have gotten recognized in the Motion Period.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;So that&#8217;s why I rise today. I just ask, continue my Motion, Mr. President, and ask for a roll call vote.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>[ Senator Martin END &#8211; 1:29:10 ]<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>continued&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Begin viewing 1:25:00 &#8211; Senator Margie Bright Matthews [ To speak in opposition to Senator Martin&#8217;s Recall Motion ]<\/p>\n<p>[ Excerpts: Senator Bright Matthews comments 1:29:10 &#8211; 1:31:25 ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;&#8230; I was the Subcommittee Chair for this committee.\u00a0 Last year we had several, extensive, two hour plus meetings where we heard citizens and persons for and against S.217.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Correction<\/u>: The Subcommittee actually met <\/b><\/span><b><u>TWO TIMES<\/u>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">March 30, 2017 ( almost 1 1\/2 hours of testimony ) and April 26, 2017 ( approx. 1 3\/4 hours of testimony ).\u00a0 <\/span><u>NEITHER<\/u> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>Subcommittee hearing took over two hours of testimony<\/u>.\u00a0 During the Subcommittee meeting on April 26, 2017, Senator Bright Matthews (attorney) abused her power as Chair and <\/span>skipped over at least two Pro-Personhood speakers on the sign-up list, including a Christian woman with 34 years experience as Director of the Care Pregnancy Center, who was prepared to speak on her experience dealing with clients regarding the DAMAGE DONE TO WOMEN BY &#8220;ABORTION&#8221;. So this Pro-Personhood testimony was blocked from being heard in the April 26, 2017 Subcommittee Hearing by Senator Rankin&#8217;s pro-&#8220;abortion&#8221; chairwoman.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> ]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;I think what we&#8217;re doing here is a disrespect to our own deliberative process. We&#8217;ve only had this in our Committee once. It was at the top of the agenda this morning [ Feb 6 ] behind the Workers&#8217; Compensation folks that we had to approve.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Correction<\/u>: The S.217 Subcommittee report was first on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s7077.pdf\">Agenda<\/a> of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on May 2, 2017, during the week before the end of the regular 2017 Session on May 11, 2017. ]<br \/>\nOVER NINE MONTHS EARLIER. ]<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>&#8220;&#8230; Let me explain to you, &#8230; it came out in the first committee meeting that there&#8217;s a lot of confusion about what a fertilized egg is, versus an embryo, and a .. fetus.\u00a0 This bill specifically says, and it was brought out in subcommittee and committee, that this bill, if you look at science, is fraught with a lot of problems.\u00a0 It says that a fertilized egg should be given the rights of a person.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t you realize that a fertilized egg happens when a man and a woman come together, and only a small percentage of those enter the uterus? They have to enter the uterus before they can even become an embryo and then a fetus.\u00a0 It became apparent to me, and my Subcommittee meetings, that a lot of people didn&#8217;t understand the science of what this bill says.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fraught with a lot of problems.\u00a0 I ask you to allow the process to work and send this, make this stay in committee until we work out the problems.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>[ <u>Note<\/u>: The SC Personhood Act (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\"> S<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/bills\/217.htm\">.217<\/a>) passed favorably out of the S217 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/agendas\/122s1208.pdf\">Senate Judiciary Subcommittee<\/a> on Wednesday, April 26, shortly before 11am, by a vote of 3 Yeas ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1547727087\">Rice<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=0635227197\">Gambrell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=1784090695\">Talley<\/a>) to 2 Nays (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=0194318159\">Bright Matthews<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/member.php?code=0279545421\">McLeod<\/a>). ]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Glory to God !<br \/>\n\u2013 SC PERSONHOOD ACT ( S.217) passes Senate Judiciary Subcommittee favorably by 3Y-2N vote \u2013 April 26, 2017<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/28\/glory-to-god-sc-personhood-act-s-217-passes-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-favorably-by-3y-2n-vote-april-26-2017\/\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/28\/glory-to-god-sc-personhood-act-s-217-passes-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-favorably-by-3y-2n-vote-april-26-2017\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>April 27, 2017 \/ Revised April 28, 2017 \/ Revised July 5, 2017<\/p>\n<p>[ Senator Bright Matthews END &#8211; 1:31:25 ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>______________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>continued&#8230; [ Includes a second Roll Call vote on a Motion to Adjourn, which failed 21 Ayes &#8211; 22 Nays ]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25\">http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vote on the Recall Motion then took place, which failed 10 Ayes &#8211; 34 Nays<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25\">http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess122_2017-2018\/sj18\/20180206.htm#p25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having failed to received the necessary votes, the Senate refused to recall S. 217.<\/p>\n<p><b>Statement by Senator GROOMS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Let me be clear &#8212; I support S. 217 and want it to become law. My vote today was against a procedural motion only. The motion, while noble in its intent, was misguided. Unfortunately, because of the nature of the Senate, had today&#8217;s sudden attempt to bypass the committee process over the objection of the committee chairman would have ensured one thing only &#8212; the certain failure of S. 217. Full, open, and transparent vetting of the people&#8217;s business is essential to good government, and is a bedrock principle upon which our state and our very nation were founded. 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