Mike Burns | |
|---|---|
| Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 17th district | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Corbin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 9,1952 |
| Party | Republican |
James Mikell "Mike" Burns (born June 9,1952) is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 17th District,serving since 2013. He is a member of the Republican party. [1] [2]
Burns sponsored the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023,which would make women who had abortions eligible for the death penalty. The bill attracted 21 Republican co-sponsors. [3]
Burns is a member of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus. [4] [5] He also serves on the House Agriculture,Natural Resources &Environmental Affairs and the Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committees. [6]
On December 13,2017,Burns and fellow South Carolina representative Bill Chumley proposed building a monument to South Carolina's black Confederate soldiers,although the historical record shows that no such soldiers existed. [7]
In the 2023-2024 [8] and 2025-2026 [9] sessions of the South Carolina House of Representatives,Burns has filed bills to ban all plant and animal based foods [10] [11] from being "Certified SC Grown" food. The bills put forward would all ban foods that contain mRNA from being considered "Certified SC Grown" food.