COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill reforming South Carolina's pension systems for public workers headed Thursday to the governor's desk, as the special legislative session wound to a close.
The House voted 88-9 and the Senate voted 43-0 on a compromise agreed to hours earlier by a six-member conference committee. The agreement is largely the Senate's version of the bill.
"I think it's a fabulous package," said Sen. Greg Ryberg, R-Aiken. The retiring senator, who's fought for pension reform for years, praised the compromise as keeping the system solvent, while being fair to workers.
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