H*4093(Rat #0248, Act #0292 of 2018)  General Bill, By Collins, J.E. Smith and 
Norrell
 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST STUDY COMMITTEE FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND EVALUATING THE NEED FOR AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST
 INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE EXPECTATIONS POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AN
 EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE STUDY
 COMMITTEE, AND TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE
 GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
 REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2019, AT WHICH TIME THE STUDY COMMITTEE IS
 DISSOLVED. - ratified title

   04/04/17  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 86)
   04/04/17  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (House Journal-page 86)
   03/22/18  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
                     Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 51)
   04/03/18  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Norrell
   04/03/18  House  Amended (House Journal-page 93)
   04/03/18  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 93)
   04/03/18  House  Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 96)
   04/04/18  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 10)
   04/09/18  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
   04/09/18  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 10)
   05/01/18  Senate Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 12)
   05/09/18  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 90)
   05/10/18  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 113)
   05/10/18  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 113)
   05/10/18  Senate Roll call Ayes-41  Nays-0
   05/10/18  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
                     (House Journal-page 50)
   05/10/18  House  Roll call Yeas-77  Nays-2 (House Journal-page 51)
   05/14/18         Ratified R 248
   05/18/18         Signed By Governor
   05/25/18         Effective date See Act
   10/16/18         Act No. 292

(A292, R248, H4093)

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST STUDY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND EVALUATING THE NEED FOR AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE EXPECTATIONS POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE, AND TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2019, AT WHICH TIME THE STUDY COMMITTEE IS DISSOLVED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Establishment, purpose, composition

SECTION    1.    There is hereby established the South Carolina Employment First Study Committee, consisting of six members, for the purpose of studying and evaluating the need for an Employment First Initiative Act. Such an act would establish policies supportive of competitive and integrated employment of individuals with disabilities and create related responsibilities for state agencies and political subdivisions of the State. The study committee shall consist of the following members:

(1)    one member appointed by the Governor;

(2)    one member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;

(3)    one member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(4)    one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(5)    one member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate General Committee; and

(6)    one member appointed by the Chairman of the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee.

Reporting requirement, dissolution

SECTION    2.    The South Carolina Employment First Study Committee must submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on or before May 1, 2019. Upon submission of the report, the study committee is dissolved.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2018.

Approved the 18th day of May, 2018.