The South Carolina Club for Growth urges all Representatives to vote “NO” on any bill that decriminalizes ethics violations.

H. 3945, as it is currently written, significantly weakens parts of South Carolina’s anemic ethics laws. This is one more example of House leadership forcing through legislation without giving members time to understand the bill.

The House and Senate have had months to bring ethics legislation to the floor. With one week left before crossover, there is still time to prove that the House takes ethics reform seriously.

Increased transparency has been a focus of the South Carolina Club for Growth since our founding. Any votes on H. 3945 will be considered for the SC Club for Growth’s 2013 Scorecard.