mr. corson. >> present. >> mr. chromer. >> present. >> mr. davis? absent. mr. fair? absent. mr. gregory? absent. mr. grooms? >> mr. grooms is present. mr. hayes? absent. mr. himry. present. mr. jackson? present. mr. johnson present. mr. lury present. >> mr. maloy? >> present. mr. larry martin. present. mr. shane martin has leave. mr. massey has leave. mr. matthews? absent. mr. mcilveen. present. mr. mickelson present. mr. rodel, mr. peeler? present. mr. reese. absent. mr. saab present. >> mr. sexler. present. mr. shaheen? absent. mr. thurmond. present. mr. turner. absent. mr. vernon. absent. mr. williams is present. mr. young is present. >> is present. >> carl allen is present. fairfield, mr. coleman is present. shaheen is present and kershaw, senator matthews and orangeburg is present. >> we have to keep going. >> the quorum is press end. a quorum is present. we're all with amendment number one. clerk, please read the amendment. >> amendment number 1, strikes a bill in its entirety. it's a bill to provide for the advisory referendum related to whether the infantry battle flag o

mr. corson. aye. mr. chromer. aye. mr. davis. aye. mr. fair. aye. mr. gregory has leave. mr. grooms. aye. mr. hayes. aye. mr. hymnbry. aye. mr. hutto. aye. mr. jackson. aye. mr. johnson. aye. mr. kempson. aye mr. leatherman. aye. mr. lury. aye. mr. maloy. aye. mr. larry martin. aye. mr. shane martin. aye. mr. massey hasmartin? aye. mr. massey has leave. mr. mack owe convenient. mr. nicholson? aye. mr. peeler? no. mr. rankin? not voting. mr. reese? aye. mr. scott? aye. mrs. shely aye. mr. thurman? aye. mr. verdun? no. >> mr. young? aye. >> have all the senators voted? have all the senators voted? then the polls are closed and the clerk will please tabulate. by a vote of 36-3 senate bill 897 is given a third reading. the for from anderson what purpose do you rise, sir. >> i would like to be heard. >> proceed. while he is coming forward, the senator from newbury. >> a unanimous consent for leave from 9:00 until noon. >>> i have shared this story with a few of you. a couple years ago i was asked to speak at my church about the resurrection, and we all appreciated senator pinckney's boomi