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SLOAN v. WILKINS

No. 25933.

362 S.C. 430 (2005)

608 S.E.2d 579

Edward D. SLOAN, Jr., individually, and as a Citizen, Resident, Taxpayer and Registered Elector of South Carolina, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. David H. WILKINS, in his officially capacity as Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives, R. Andre Bauer in his official capacity as Lt. Governor and President of the S.C. Senate, and the State of South Carolina, Respondents. Glenn F. McConnell, in his capacity as President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Carpenter and Jennifer J. Miller, both of the Carpenter Law Firm, P.C., of Greenville, for Petitioners.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondent State of South Carolina.

Michael R. Hitchcock, S. Phillip Lenski, Jennifer L. Parrish, all of Columbia, for Respondent State of South Carolina Senate and Intervenor.

Charles F. Reid, Robert R. Smith, II, Benjamin P. Mustain and Patrick G. Dennis, all of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina House of Representatives.

Dwight F. Drake, William C. Hubbard, C. Mitchell Brown, all of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia,; and Keith D. Munson and Heather Ruth, both of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice WALLER:

This matter is before us in our original jurisdiction to determine whether Act No. 187, 2004 Acts (the Act), violates the one subject requirement of Article III, section 17, of the South Carolina Constitution.1

FACTS

On March 17, 2004, the General Assembly enacted Act No. 187, 2004 Acts (commonly referred to as the Life Sciences Act). The Act is comprised of twenty-one separate sections, and includes a...

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