SR24 Summary

• Establishes a special order calendar for the Fourth Legislative Day of the 2014 Regular Session, requiring nine named bills to take precedence over all other matters upon reaching third reading.

• SB15 (Senator Reed): Amends voting laws to allow absentee voting when a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency is in effect.

• SB96 (Senator Whatley): Continues exemption from state and local sales and use taxes for private schools, colleges, and universities selling tangible property, including lunches sold within school buildings.

• SB56 (Senator Sanford): Permits wine licenses to allow recorked or resealed bottles to be removed from premises without being considered open in a motor vehicle.

• Eight additional bills on the calendar address secured transactions, securities commission exemptions, real estate appraiser licensure, ethics commission information redaction, and emergency management agency property distribution.