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The House assembled at 10:00 a.m.
Deliberations were opened with prayer as follows:

O God our Father, may these moments of prayer lift us into the light of Your presence. Teach us that even in life's uncertainty, bewilderment and perplexity that You are the same yesterday, today and always. Keep us steadfast in things that are changeless such as the moral law of the Ten Commandments and the eternal truths of the Sermon on the Mount. Banish from us all that is unworthy, overrule all mistakes, confirm and multiply all that is right. Help us to turn difficulties into dividends, tragedy into triumph. And now as we go to our waiting tasks, remain with us enabling us to hear the words of the Psalmist: "The Lord is high above all Nations, and His glory above the heavens." (Psalms 113:4) Amen.

After corrections to the Journal of the proceedings of yesterday, the SPEAKER ordered it confirmed.

The following Bills were taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate:

H. 4830 (Word version) -- Reps. Limehouse, Wilkins, A. Young, Owens, Law, Allison, Bales, Campsen, Cato, Chellis, Cotty, Emory, Fleming, Gilham, Harrell, Koon, Leach, Rice, Robinson, Rodgers, Sandifer, Scarborough, Sinclair, G. M. Smith, Thompson, Vaughn, J. Young, Stuart, Easterday, Hamilton, Lucas, Jennings, Barfield, Hayes, Battle, Meacham-Richardson, Kirsh, G. Brown, Moody-Lawrence, McCraw, Phillips, Tripp, Perry, Sharpe, J. R. Smith, R. Brown, Hinson, Breeland, Gourdine, Talley, Taylor, Whipper, Littlejohn, Bingham, Carnell, Neilson, Miller, Freeman, D. C. Smith, White, Walker, Townsend, Martin, Kennedy, Huggins, Klauber and McLeod: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 48, TITLE 59, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA'S "SPECIAL SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS", SO AS TO RENAME THIS SCHOOL THE "CARROLL A. CAMPBELL, JR., SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS".

H. 4412 (Word version) -- Reps. Scarborough, Altman, Coates and Campsen: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BY ADDING ARTICLE 94, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL MORRIS ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE LICENSE PLATE.

H. 4432 (Word version) -- Reps. Owens, A. Young, Altman, Meacham-Richardson, Coates and Campsen: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 95 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF "GOD BLESS AMERICA" SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FOR THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE.

H. 4519 (Word version) -- Reps. Easterday and Campsen: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8000, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE WHICH HAS IMPRINTED ON IT THE EMBLEM, SEAL, OR ANOTHER SYMBOL OF AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS OBTAINED CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(8) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

H. 4607 (Word version) -- Rep. Witherspoon: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8200, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY ASSESS AN OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL FORTY DOLLAR FEE FOR THIS LICENSE PLATE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS OPTIONAL FEE.

H. 4680 (Word version) -- Reps. Talley and Lourie: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 91 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL ISSUE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FOR THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE.

H. 4712 (Word version) -- Rep. Easterday: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2725, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROHIBITING DAYCARE CENTERS FROM EMPLOYING PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A FINANCIAL CRIME WHICH IS NOT A FELONY IS NOT PROHIBITED FROM BEING HIRED AND TO DEFINE "FINANCIAL CRIME".

H. 3049 (Word version) -- Reps. Campsen, Altman, Simrill, Cotty and Knotts: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 17-24-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COMMITMENT OF A DEFENDANT FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DEFENDANT HOSPITALIZED ON THESE GROUNDS WHO WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY OF A VIOLENT CRIME MAY NOT LEAVE THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOSPITAL PREMISES UNLESS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HOSPITAL IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT ALL TIMES AND TO DEFINE "VIOLENT CRIME" FOR THIS PURPOSE.

H. 4545 (Word version) -- Rep. Meacham-Richardson: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-7-285 SO AS TO ALLOW COSMETOLOGISTS, ESTHETICIANS, AND MANICURISTS TO PRACTICE IN BARBERSHOPS.

H. 4402 (Word version) -- Reps. Vaughn, Merrill, Altman, Rodgers, Walker and Leach: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 43-3-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COUNTY BOARDS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, WHICH SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE A COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

The following Bills were taken up, read the third time, and ordered returned to the Senate with amendments:

S. 597 (Word version) -- Senators Wilson, Grooms and Branton: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8000 OF THE 1976 CODE TO PROVIDE THAT PRIVATE-PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES OR LIGHT PICKUPS HAVING AN EMPTY WEIGHT OF SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS OBTAINED CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 501 (C)(8) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

S. 504 (Word version) -- Senator Reese: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1815, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES TO RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AND MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF THE APPLICANT'S MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR OTHER EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THE APPLICANT IS EITHER A RETIRED OR ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD OR SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD.

At 11:00 a.m. the House in accordance with the ruling of the SPEAKER adjourned to meet at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 12.

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