This is the miracle we prayed for. Normally conference committees don’t open with a prayer, but after several meetings with no agreement with the required 4 votes, we opened the last meeting in prayer and asked for a miracle. We got one!
Here is a snap-snot of the signature page of the conference report on H. 3245, the 24 hour waiting period. Senators Brad Hutto, Jake Knotts, myself and Representatives Greg Delleney, Ted Vick, and Wendy Nanney were the members of that conference committee. Remember a conference committee is required to hammer out differences between Senate & House versions of a bill.
I also want to thank Holly Gatling (SC Citizens for Life), Oran Smith (Palmetto Family Council), Joe Mack (SC Baptist Convention) Medical Affairs Committee Research Staff, and Senate attorneys.
Seeing that the conference committee represents the membership of the legislature’s diversity on the varying degrees on this issue, I was confident that a conference report would be easily adopted in the full Senate and the full House. The bill now awaits ratification, then an expected signature by Gov. Sanford.
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