South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010
Journal of the Senate

Friday, May 14, 2010
(Local Session)


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Indicates New Matter

The Senate assembled at 11:00 A.M., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the ACTING PRESIDENT, Senator COURSON.

REPORT RECEIVED

To:   Clerk of the Senate

Clerk of the House

Date: May 13, 2010

Screening Report of the Department of Employment and
Workforce Review Committee

Act No. 146 of 2010 created the Department of Employment and Workforce Review Committee and charged the review committee with, among other duties, the duty to screen candidates for membership on the new South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce Appellate Panel and report the qualified candidates to the General Assembly for election. The transcript of the screening of each candidate is available on the WRC website which is located on the Citizen's Interest tab of the Statehouse website.

The members of the Workforce Review Committee are as follows:
Senator Greg Ryberg, Chairman
Representative Kenny Bingham, Vice-Chairman
Senator Nikki Setzler
Senator Luke Rankin
Representative Jackie Hayes
Representative Jenny Horne
Mr. Isaac Dickson, Governor Appointee
Mr. Gary Pennington, Governor Appointee
Ms. Laurie Hollick, Governor Appointee

The Review Committee reported that the following candidates exceed the minimum qualifications to serve on the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce Appellate Panel:

Evelyn Belicia Ayers
Kristina Jones Catoe
Tim Dangerfield
Thomas T. Medlock, Jr.
Sandra Bell Grooms

The Review Committee reported that the following candidates meet the minimum qualifications to serve on the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce Appellate Panel:

John Cagle
Ronnie Hoover
Steve Kelly, Jr.
Gary Porth
M. Wade Scott, Jr.

The Review Committee may not release its candidate qualifications report any earlier than forty-eight hours from the release of the names of candidates to the General Assembly. Therefore, each of you will receive the Report of Qualifications on Saturday at Noon via e-mail. As a result, candidates may not seek your vote nor may you pledge your vote until Saturday at Noon.

The Joint Assembly elections will occur next Wednesday, May 19th, at Noon.

CONCLUSION

The following individuals were found to be qualified to seek three
seats on the Department of Employment and Workforce Appellate Panel.

Three Seats
  Evelyn Belicia Ayers

John Cagle

Kristina Jones Catoe

Tim Dangerfield

Sandra Bell Grooms

Ronnie Hoover

Steve Kelly, Jr.

Thomas T. Medlock, Jr.

Gary Porth

M. Wade Scott, Jr.

Respectfully submitted,
Senator Greg Ryberg, Chairman
Representative Kenny Bingham, Vice-Chairman
Senator Nikki Setzler
Senator Luke Rankin
Representative Jackie Hayes
Representative Jenny Horne
Mr. Isaac Dickson, Governor Appointee
Mr. Gary Pennington, Governor Appointee
Ms. Laurie Hollick, Governor Appointee

ADJOURNMENT

At 11:15 A.M., on motion of Senator JACKSON, the Senate adjourned to meet next Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at 12:00 Noon.

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