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| Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 6, which was proposed on Wednesday, March 1, by Rep. HODGES.
Rep. HODGES explained the amendment.
Rep. HUFF moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HODGES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Anderson Bailey Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Fair Fleming Harrell Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Askins Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer
Davenport Delleney Elliott Gamble Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Lloyd McAbee McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rogers Scott Sheheen Shissias Spearman Stuart Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams Worley
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. CROMER proposed the following Amendment No. 11 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\PFM\7217AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part V, page 3613-9, beginning on line 26, by deleting SECTION 1.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
Rep. HARRISON spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Rep. NEAL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Askins Bailey Baxley Boan Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Clyburn Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Elliott Fair
Fleming Gamble Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kinon Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin Mason McCraw McElveen Meacham Phillips Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stuart Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Breeland Brown, G. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Carnell Cave Cobb-Hunter Cromer Harris, P. Hines Howard Inabinett Keyserling Lloyd McAbee McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Scott Sheheen Whipper, S. White Williams
So, the amendment was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part III, Section 11, page 3613-5, by deleting /thirty-day/ on line 23 and inserting /sixty-day/.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CANTY explained the amendment.
Rep. HUFF spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. KIRSH moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 6 was tabled.
Rep. HARRISON moved to table the motion to reconsider.
Rep. HODGES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Bailey Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Fleming Harrell Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Keegan Kelley Kinon Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Stuart Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley
Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Elliott Gamble Govan Harris, J. Harvin Harwell Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Keyserling Kirsh Lloyd Martin McAbee McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rogers Scott Sheheen Shissias Spearman Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams Worley
So, the motion to reconsider was tabled.
Rep. RICE proposed the following Amendment No. 14 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18216AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, Section 1, page 3613-8, line 34, by inserting /or private nonprofit/ after /public/.
Amend further, Part IV, Section 1, page 3613-8, by inserting after the /./ on line 36 /An AFDC recipient whose benefits are extended under this item for having volunteered for twenty hours a week shall submit a weekly volunteer hour statement to the department signed by the recipient and the recipient's supervisor./
Amend further, Part IV, Section 1, by inserting on page 3613-8 at the end of
Section 1:
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. RICE moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. NEILSON, GOVAN, HINES, COBB-HUNTER and SHISSIAS proposed the following Amendment No. 15 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\21503AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part VI, by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
/SECTION . Section 20-7-420 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
"( ) To require, in its discretion and upon a showing of good cause, a parent or custodian of a child who receives child support on behalf of a child to submit to the parent paying the support or to the court, or both, at such times as the court requires, an accounting of expenditures made from the child support received and evidence of these expenditures as the court requires."/
Amend title to conform.
Renumber sections to conform.
Rep. NEILSON moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. JENNINGS and THOMAS proposed the following Amendment No. 17 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18228AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, Section 1, by adding at the end:
/(9) The recipient resides in an economically depressed county, as defined by the Department of Commerce, and can establish by clear and convincing evidence to the department that the recipient has fully complied with the recipient's agreement with the department including:
(a) diligently seeking all available employment and following up on all employment opportunities known to the Employment Security Commission or related state agencies for which the recipient is qualified;
(b) demonstrating a willingness to relocate as provided in Part III,
Section 4;
and the department is satisfied that no available employment reasonably exists for the recipient and that there is no other means of support reasonably available to the recipient's family. Every sixty days the department shall conduct a review of the recipient's compliance with the requirements of this item, and assistance extended pursuant to this item only may be extended for an additional twelve months./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. JENNINGS moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. JENNINGS proposed the following Amendment No. 18 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18227AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, Section 1, by adding at the end:
/(9) The recipient resides in an economically depressed county, as defined by the Department of Commerce, and can establish by clear and convincing evidence to the department that the recipient has fully complied with the recipient's agreement with the department including:
(a) diligently seeking all available employment and following up on all employment opportunities known to the Employment Security Commission or related state agencies for which the recipient is qualified;
(b) demonstrating a willingness to relocate as provided in Part III, Section 4;
(c) cooperating fully with all state agencies in order to strive to become gainfully employed;
and the department is satisfied that no available employment reasonably exists for the recipient and that there is no other means of support reasonably available to the recipient's family. Every sixty days the department shall conduct a review of the recipient's compliance with the requirements of this item./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. JENNINGS moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. FAIR proposed the following Amendment No. 20 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18223AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part V, Section 6, page 3613-11, by inserting after /./ on line 12 /Additionally, information concerning fetal
Amend further, Part VI, Section 1, page 3613-12, by inserting before /"/ on line 26 /Additionally information concerning birth parent services and adoption must be provided to the parents and grandparents./
Renumber sections to conform,
Amend title to conform.
Rep. FAIR moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. RICHARDSON proposed the following Amendment No. 41 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\DKA\3754AC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IV, Section 1, by adding at the end:
/(9) The recipient can establish by clear and convincing evidence to the department that the recipient has fully complied with the recipient's agreement with the department including:
(a) diligently seeking all available employment and following up on all employment opportunities known to the Employment Security Commission or related state agencies for which the recipient is qualified;
(b) demonstrating a willingness to relocate as provided in Part III, Section 4;
(c) cooperating fully with all state agencies in order to strive to become gainfully employed;
and the department is satisfied that no available employment reasonably exists for the recipient and that there is no other means of support reasonably available to the recipient's family. Every sixty days the department shall conduct a review of a recipient's compliance with the requirements of this item, and assistance extended pursuant to this item may be extended for not more than sixty months./
Renumber items to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. RICHARDSON moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. NEAL, L. WHIPPER, G. BROWN, INABINETT, SHISSIAS, WILLIAMS, T. BROWN, CANTY and COBB-HUNTER spoke against the Bill.
Reps. CROMER, HODGES, HARWELL and BEATTY spoke in favor of the Bill.
Rep. HARRISON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Askins Bailey Baxley Beatty Boan Brown, H. Brown, T. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyburn Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Elliott Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Herdklotz Hodges Huff Hutson Jennings Keegan Kelley Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin Mason McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Meacham Neilson Phillips Quinn Rice Richardson Robinson Rogers Sandifer Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stuart Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Anderson Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Byrd Canty Cave Cobb-Hunter Govan Hines Howard Inabinett Kennedy McAbee Moody-Lawrence Neal Scott Shissias Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Williams
So, the Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
Lloyd (Present) Nay
Rhoad (Absent) Aye
While much of this Bill is based on progressive welfare reform efforts begun last legislative session, I cannot in good conscience support this Bill given the punitive nature of several of its provisions. These provisions, namely the time limit and the denial of additional payments for additional children, will adversely impact the most vulnerable segments of our society. Furthermore, it fails to adequately address comprehensive family planning and a "safety net" for those who are compliant, but for no fault of their own, cannot secure employment. The long term impact of this legislation will not be self-sufficiency and family preservation. Its legacy will be increased abortions, more crime, family disintegration due to increased abuse and neglect of children.
Rep. GILDA COBB-HUNTER
After fully considering the impact and ramifications of H. 3613 and the many
amendments that were placed on the desk and considered by the House, I have come
to the conclusion that I cannot support this Bill. I must admit the H. 3613
contains facts and information that I do agree with, but the overall impact on
the many citizens that I represent in District 50 will be of such magnitude that
I cannot support the Bill.
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