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In South Carolina, this legislative session has been marked by efforts to reform K-12 education, enact medical marijuana legislation and restrict abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n But Wednesday’s deadline to move legislation from one chamber to the other spelled almost certain defeat this session for some measures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bills that didn\u2019t pass during “crossover day\u201d at the State House may still have an opportunity to pass this year, but the legislation would need to receive support from two-thirds of the members, a high hurdle. Otherwise, these bills will likely return for debate in 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n South Carolina Rep. Tommy Pope, R-York, said the chance they could gain two-thirds support and pass in 2019 is unlikely, especially with bills that are so divided. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf it doesn’t get to there by that certain break time, the other body won\u2019t take it up unless they have a two-thirds vote. So it\u2019s rare that they would actually take it up,\u201d Pope said. <\/span><\/p>\n Many bills were being contested, including medical marijuana, K-12 education, and fetal heartbeat abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sen.Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, is hoping to resurrect some elements of the K-12 education bill. Teachers were incensed that they were not consulted on issues of accountability and testing mandates and want more input in that section of the measure.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think we need to go ahead and make sure our teachers are being paid appropriately, I don\u2019t think our teachers are getting enough money. That\u2019s a very important bill to move,\u201d Davis said. <\/span><\/p>\n Davis also pushed for passage of a medical marijuana bill that would allow provide the use of marijuana for patients suffering from certain diseases, including those experiencing PSTD and seizures. That measure is expected to return next year.<\/p>\n Among the bills that did not make the deadline was a bill aimed at preventing localities from passing bans on plastic and legislation that would restrict abortion at the time a fetal heartbeat is determined.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re in the first year of a two year session so any bill that doesn\u2019t pass this year will come back in in January and pick up right where it left off. It doesn\u2019t have to start back at the beginning again,\u201d Davis said.<\/span><\/p>\n Some of the contested bills, however, did make deadline. A bill that was created following the death of USC student Samantha Josephson was passed in the House. This bill would require rideshare vehicles to display lit up signs in their windows. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.91″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|8px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.92″ custom_padding=”2px|0px|37.9062px|0px” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0px|0px|18.9531px|0px” custom_margin=”10px|||” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”News Story” _builder_version=”3.20.1″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|”] In South Carolina, this legislative session has been marked by efforts to reform K-12 education, enact medical marijuana legislation and restrict abortion. 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