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The speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the South Carolina House of Representatives, whose main role is to ensure that general order is maintained in the house by recognizing members to speak, ensuring members are following established rules, and to call for votes.
In April 2022, Smith was elected unanimously by the House to succeed Jay Lucas as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He assumed office on May 12, 2022. [5] Smith was challenged by Bill Chumley, a member of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus, for the position in December 2024, and defeated him in a 102-17 vote. [6] Since Dobbs v.
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly.It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections.
More than three weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, of South Carolina joined seven other Republicans and all Democrats to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the job.
S.C. House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, presides over the beginning of the legislative session in the South Carolina House on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
On August 30, 2022, the South Carolina House of Representatives debated the South Carolina Human Life Protection Act, a law that would have outlawed abortion in the state except for cases when it ...
Pope currently serves as speaker pro tempore within the South Carolina House of Representatives [7] and since 2010 has served as a South Carolina House Member from the 47th District. In 2024 he was re-elected by acclamation as speaker pro tempore.
He served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 65th District from 1999 to 2022. Lucas is a Republican. [2] Lucas was elected Speaker of the House in December 2014 after the resignation of Bobby Harrell. [3] On March 15, 2022, he announced his decision to not run for reelection to the South Carolina House.