Charleston Metro Chamber recognizes state legislative delegation as Champions of Business
June 28, 2018
The 2018 Legislative Session resulted in tremendous victories thus far with the passage of the Nuisance Lawsuits Bill and Automatic Stay. Both are major victories from the Charleston Metro Chamber’s Legislative Agenda and to celebrate the local elected officials who made it possible, the Chamber hosted State Delegation Appreciation on June 26, at the Zucker Family Graduate Education Center.
The Chamber recognized 22 of our state legislators who represent Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties with the 2018 Champions of Business award. These legislators always consider the business climate when they vote and voted at least 75 percent for Chamber priority issues this year.
“Thank you to each of our delegation members for their time, effort and leadership so far this session,” stated Bryan Derreberry, Charleston Metro Chamber President and CEO. “Their hard work and willingness to work together is moving our region forward. The passage of the Nuisance Bill, which will attract further investment in South Carolina, and Automatic Stay, which signifies quicker completion times on our major bridge and road projects are terrific and celebratory wins.”
The Chamber also extended well wishes to Representative Katie Arrington. She planned to attend the event, but was unable due to recovering from the terrible car accident she was involved in on Friday night.
Before this year’s legislative session comes to an end, there is more work to do. Chamber leaders urge our delegation to override Governor McMaster’s veto of the expungement bill – H.3209 – which helps former nonviolent offenders who’ve paid their debt to society get back into the workforce and to keep the high impact incentive package in S.1043, which is currently in a conference committee and creates a new tool for economic developers to retain and recruit high wage, knowledge economy jobs in South Carolina. [Read More in The Advocates]
2018 Champions of Business Recipients:
| South Carolina Senate |
| Senator Sean Bennett |
| Senator Paul Campbell |
| Senator Chip Campsen |
| Senator Stephen Goldfinch |
| Senator Larry Grooms |
| Senator Sandy Senn |
| South Carolina House of Representatives |
| Representative Katie Arrington |
| Representative Lin Bennett |
| Representative Bill Crosby |
| Representative Joe Daning |
| Representative Sylleste Davis |
| Representative Wendell Gilliard |
| Representative Lee Hewitt |
| Representative Joe Jefferson |
| Representative Patsy Knight |
| Representative Nancy Mace |
| Representative David Mack |
| Representative Peter McCoy |
| Representative Chris Murphy |
| Representative Samuel Rivers |
| Representative Mike Sottile |
| Representative Leon Stavrinakis |
[from left to right]Melonie-Hammond Trace, CMCC Business Advocacy Committee Chair, Representative Marvin Pendarvis, Representative Joe Daning, Representative Bill Crosby, Representative Chip Campsen, Representative Paul Campbell and Mark Lattanzio, Charleston Metro Chamber Chairman of the Board
About the Charleston Metro Chamber: With approximately 1,600 member organizations representing 160,000 professionals, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce serves as the collective voice of the business community, and a catalyst for regional economic advancement and member success through Talent, Advocacy, Leadership and Business Development. Visit charlestonchamber.org.
