COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Legislators have given key approval to a measure that would prevent South Carolina governors from telling security details to leave them alone as Gov. Mark Sanford did before his rendezvous with an Argentine lover.
The Senate without debate or a recorded vote gave the legislation second reading Tuesday. Approval on Wednesday would send the bill to the House.
The legislation says the State Law Enforcement Division decides when, where and how to protect the governor and lieutenant governor.
Supporters have said that governors need to understand that security comes with the job and if they don't want it they shouldn't run for governor. Opponents have argued that ever-present security would make it difficult for governors to relax with friends, hunt or fish.
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