South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 1265

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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Alexander
Document Path: l:\s-res\tca\054fr.kmm.tca.docx

Introduced in the Senate on April 21, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: The Regulation Freedom Amendment

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/21/2016  Senate  Introduced (Senate Journal-page 7)
   4/21/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)

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4/21/2016

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A SENATE RESOLUTION

TO URGE CONGRESS TO PROPOSE AND ADOPT THE REGULATION FREEDOM AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

Whereas, the Southern States Energy Board is deeply concerned about the economic impact of federal regulations imposed without adequate legislative oversight; and

Whereas, the proposed Regulation Freedom Amendment to the U.S. Constitution would require Congress to approve major new federal regulations as follows: "Whenever one quarter of the Members of the U.S. House or the U.S. Senate transmit to the President their written declaration of opposition to a proposed federal regulation, it shall require a majority vote of the House and Senate to adopt that regulation"; and

Whereas, fifteen (15) state legislative chambers have now adopted resolutions urging Congress to propose the Regulation Freedom Amendment; and

Whereas, the American Farm Bureau Federation has also resolved to support the Regulation Freedom Amendment. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the Southern States Energy Board urges Congress to propose and adopt the Regulation Freedom Amendment; and

Be it further resolved that the Southern States Energy Board urges state legislatures which have not already done so to adopt resolutions urging Congress to propose the Regulation Freedom Amendment and send copies of this resolution to members of Congress from the Southern Region as well as to the governors and the legislative leaders of states in the Southern Region upon adoption.

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