Political Affairs Committee

Our goal is to create a space where people who use drugs, leaders, legislators, and community members can come together and create meaningful change to support people with lived and living experience throughout South Carolina

Upcoming Political Affairs Committee Meeting Information

Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of every month from 12 pm - 1 pm EST

Zoom Link (same every time): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82751876746?pwd=K0pyaXVHZW01aGRJSnBpNStjV0daZz09

Passcode (no waiting room): 556402

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm EST


Agenda and Meeting Minutes from Previous Meetings

Meeting Minutes from May 15, 2024: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from April 10, 2024: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from March 12, 2024: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from February 13, 2024: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from January 9, 2024: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from December 12, 2023: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from November 12, 2023: Click Here

Agenda: from October 10, 2023: Click Here

Meeting Minutes from October 10, 2023: Click Here


If you would like to join, please email schrc.advocacy@gmail.com to get added to our communications list!


Current Issues of Focus

  1. Learning about the Model Syringe Services Program Act and applying it to SC’s current Harm Reduction Act

  2. Expanding our current Good Samaritan Act to include more protections for people who use drugs


Research

Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in South Carolina and beyond, 2022

Policy Brief: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease, 2019

 

South Carolina Legislation

S. 854: Safer Syringe Programs

H. 4493: Good Samaritan Statute

S. 936: SC Harm Reduction Act