![]() “We have an obligation to finish the work. We need to settle the abortion question,” McMaster told reporters Monday. Without that agreement, which prevents the governor from calling the Legislature back but outlines what legislators can debate after the regular session ends, lawmakers can debate any piece of legislation they want to. State lawmakers wrapped up the regular session Thursday but without a sine die agreement, leaving the state budget, possible new abortion restrictions, new penalties for illegal gun possession and a handful of other bills left on the table. Gaines now becomes the first Black constitutional officer in South Carolina since Reconstruction. McMaster also Friday appointed Brian Gaines, who heads the executive budget office within the state Department of Administration, as South Carolina’s new comptroller general - or at least until lawmakers elect a replacement for Richard Eckstrom. In addition, the General Assembly must complete the state budget, and they must pass legislation that stops our state from becoming a destination for abortions.” “They have not passed bond reform, and they have not enhanced the criminal penalties for illegal gun possession. It remains wide open,” McMaster said in a statement Friday. “The General Assembly did not close the revolving door for criminals. Henry McMaster on Friday officially called state lawmakers back to work, starting Tuesday, for a special session - the first time a governor has called legislators back to the State House in two decades. ![]() The South Carolina legislative session isn’t over just yet.
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