Fawn Pedalino

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| state_house = South Carolina

| district = 64th

| predecessor = Kimberly Johnson

| termstart = December 2022

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|05|12}}

| birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.

| spouse = Joseph Jason Pedalino

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Fawn Pedalino is an American politician of the Republican Party. She is the member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing District 64. In the 2022 general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 64, Pedalino{{Cite news |last=Maynard |first=Leigh Ann |date=October 28, 2022 |title="Meet the Candidates: Fawn Pedalino" |work=The Manning Times |url=https://manninglive.com/stories/meet-the-candidates-fawn-pedalino,38573 |access-date=November 16, 2022}} defeated Democratic incumbent Kimberly O. Johnson, who had been a member of the South Carolina House since 2020.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Ashley |date=November 10, 2022 |title="Is Clarendon County now seeing red? Pedalino will be 1st Republican in county's House seat; Coker ousts Blakely on council" |work=The Sumter Item |url=https://www.theitem.com/stories/is-clarendon-county-now-seeing-red,390775 |access-date=November 16, 2022}} She is a member of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina,{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2022 |title=South Carolina State Rep. Fawn Pedalino |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/441861/Fawn_M_Pedalino.html |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=Legistorm}} one of South Carolina's recognized Native American entities.{{Cite web |date=December 2022 |title=South Carolina's Recognized Native American Indian Entities |url=https://cma.sc.gov/minority-population-initiatives/native-american-affairs/south-carolinas-recognized-native-american-indian-entities |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs}}

Pedalino previously served on the House Interstate Cooperation Committee and the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee."House Standing Committees". South Carolina Legislature. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022. She currently serves on the Labor, Commerce and Industry (Labor, Commerce & Manufacturing, Banking & Insurance, Merchants & Mercantile Affairs) and the Rules Committees.{{Cite web |title=South Carolina Legislature Online - Committee |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/committee.php?chamber=H#way |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.scstatehouse.gov}}

In 2023, Pedalino was briefly among the Republican co-sponsors of the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023, which would make women who had abortions eligible for the death penalty;{{cite web |title=H. 3549 |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3549.htm |publisher=South Carolina General Assembly}}{{cite magazine |last1=Stuart |first1=Tessa |title=21 South Carolina GOP Lawmakers Propose Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/south-carolina-death-penalty-abortion-1234695566/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 13, 2023}} she later withdrew her sponsorship.{{cite news |last1=Richards |first1=Zoë |title=9 Republicans pull support from South Carolina bill allowing the death penalty for abortion |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/9-republicans-south-carolina-abortion-death-penalty-bill-rcna75383 |work=NBC News |date=March 18, 2023}}