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H3447 - Judicial Merit Selection Commission
Steven Wayne Long, John R. Mccravy, James Mikell Burns
Last updated almost 2 years ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 2-19-10, 2-19-20, 2-19-35, 2-19-70, 2-19-80, And 2-19-90, All Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, So As To Change The Commission's Process For Nominating Judicial Candidates From The Nomination Of Three Qualified Candidates To The Release Of A List Of All Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly.
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Introduced
H3176 - Charles Bundy Memorial Intersection
Brandon Michael Newton, Cody T. Mitchell, James Michael Neese
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Request The Department Of Transportation Name The Intersection Located At United States Highway 521, Hubbard Drive, And Craig Manor Road In Lancaster County "charles Alan Bundy Memorial Intersection" And Erect Appropriate Markers Or Signs At This Location Containing These Words.
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Introduced
H3326 - Dual enrollment
Brandon Michael Newton
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-59-215 So As To Make Dual Enrollment College Coursework Opportunities Available To All Tenth Grade, Eleventh Grade, And Twelfth Grade Students Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year, To Provide Certain Requirements That Students Must Satisfy To Take Dual Enrollment Courses, And To Make Lottery Tuition Assistance Available To Such Students.
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Introduced
H3448 - Government electronic devices
Heather Bauer, Bobby J. Cox, Brandon Guffey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-1-499 So As To Require The Department Of Administration To Prohibit The Electronic Devices It Manages From Access And Use Of Websites And Applications That Threaten Cybersecurity And Infrastructure From Foreign And Domestic Threats, Such As Tiktok.
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Introduced
H3554 - Adoption
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-9-520, Relating To Adoption Investigations And Reports, So As To Give The Court The Discretion To Waive The Requirement For Certain Preplacement Reports And Any Postplacement Investigation And Report; And By Amending Section 63-9-510, Relating To Temporary Placement And Custody Of Adoptees, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
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Engrossed
H3016 - Offenses during state of emergency
William Lee Hewitt, Brandon Michael Newton, William M. Chumley
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-7-10, Relating To Offenses During A State Of Emergency, So As To Provide That The Former Felony Looting Is Now Considered Burglary In The First Degree And The Penalty Is The Same As For Burglary In The First Degree.
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Introduced
H3014 - Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act
Wendell G. Gilliard, Patricia Moore Henegan, Russell L. Ott
Last updated over 1 year ago
68 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act"; By Adding Article 22 To Chapter 3, Title 16 So As To Entitle The Article "penalty Enhancements For Certain Crimes", To Provide Additional Penalties For Persons Who Commit Certain Delineated Crimes When The Victim Was Intentionally Selected Based On Certain Factors, And To Provide Victims Of A Violation Of The Article May Bring A Civil Action For Damages Sustained.
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Engrossed
H3591 - Constitutional amendment
Murrell Smith, Bill Taylor, Brandon Michael Newton
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
An Amendment To Repeal Section 4, Article Xi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To The Prohibition Against The State Or Its Political Subdivisions Providing Direct Aid To Religious Or Other Private Educational Institutions.
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Engrossed
H3532 - Bond Reform
Murrell Smith, Thomas E. Pope, John R. Mccravy
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-15-270 So As To Create An Additional Offense Punishable By Up To Five Years If A Person Commits A Subsequent Violent Crime While Subject To A Bond Order Or Pretrial Release Order For A Previous Violent Crime; By Amending Section 17-15-15, Relating To Cash Deposits In Lieu Of Bond, So As To Provide That If The Court Finds That A Defendant May Be Released On Bond Who Has Been Charged With A Violent Offense Or Any Felony Offense Involving A Firearm While Out On Bond Or Other Pretrial Release, The Bond Must Be Set At The Full United States Cash Currency Bond Rather Than Ten Percent; By Amending Section 17-15-30, Relating To Matters To Be Considered In Determining Conditions Of Release, So As To Include Whether A Person Is Currently Out On Bond For Another Offense; By Adding Section 17-15-35 So As To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide Procedures For Court-ordered Electronic Monitoring In Lieu Of Setting Bond Or As An Additional Condition Of Bond; By Adding Section 17-15-37 So As To Authorize The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division To Promulgate Regulations Regarding Electronic Monitoring And To Provide Parameters For Which An Electronic Monitoring Agency Must Operate Within; By Amending Section 17-15-55, Relating To Reconsideration Of Bond By The Circuit Court Set By A Summary Court, So As To Provide A Defendant Must Be Advised Of His Right To A Speedy Trial And To Provide Procedures Related To Speedy Trials, To Provide For The Revocation Of Previous Bond If A Person Commits A Violent Offense Or A Felony Offense Involving A Firearm Which Was Committed While The Person Was Already Out On Bond For A Previous Violent Offense Or Felony Offense Involving A Firearm, To Require A Full Bond Under Certain Repeat Offender Circumstances, And To Provide Conforming Procedures; By Amending Section 22-5-510, Relating To Bail And Bond Hearings And Conditions Of Release, So As To Include Whether A Person Is Currently Out On Bond For Another Offense; By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To The Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Prohibit Credit For Time Served Prior To Trial And Sentencing When The Prisoner Committed A Subsequent Crime While Out On Bond Or Had Bond Revoked On Any Charge Prior To Trial Or Plea; By Amending Section 24-13-425, Relating To The Offense Of Tampering With An Electronic Monitoring Device, So As To Delete An Unnecessary Definition And Exempt Certain Authorized Employees Or Agents From The Purview Of The Statute; By Adding Section 17-15-500 So As To Establish The South Carolina Pretrial Reform Commission, Provide For Its Membership And Duties, And Terminate The Commission On A Date Certain; By Amending Section 38-53-10, Relating To Defintions For Purposes Of The Chapter On Bail Bondsmen And Runners, So As To Revise The Definition Of "surety Bondsman" And Define The Term "electronic Monitoring"; By Amending Section 38-53-50, Relating To Surety Relieved On Bond, So As To Make A Technical Change Regarding Nonpayment Of Premium Fees Alone Not Being Sufficient To Warrant Immediate Incarceration Of The Defendant; By Amending Section 38-53-70, Relating To The Issuance Of Bench Warrants For Failure To Appear, So As To Revise The Statute To Apply More Broadly When A Defendant Violates The Conditions Of Bond And Revise Time Frames Provided For The Notice Of The Bench Warrant; By Adding Section 38-53-84 So As To Require Notification To The Appropriate Solicitor If A Defendant Violates An Order For Electronic Monitoring, To Provide For Relief From The Bond If The Defendant Fails To Pay For The Monitoring, And To Provide For Possible Revocation Of A Bondsman's License For Failure To Comply With Reporting Requirements; By Amending Section 38-53-170, Relating To Unlawful Acts By Bondsmen And Runners, So As To Provide Additional Payment Procedures And Expense Reimbursement Procedures; By Amending Section 38-53-310, Relating To Written Bail Bond Reports That Must Be Filed Each Month With The Clerk Of Court, So As To Include Current Data Retained As An Express Condition Of Bond, And To Allow For The Use Of A Data Management Software System In Lieu Of The Written Report; And By Adding Section 38-53-55 So As To Require A Person Engaged In Electronic Monitoring Of A Defendant Charged With A Violent Offense To Report To The Court And Law Enforcement Officials If The Defendant Has Contact With The Alleged Victim. - Ratified Title
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Passed
H3481 - Child Custody
Stewart O. Jones, Thomas Case Brittain, Gil A. Gatch
Last updated almost 2 years ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-15-220, Relating To Parenting Plans, So As To Create A Rebuttable Presumption That It Is In The Best Interest Of The Child To Spend Approximately An Equal Amount Of Time With Each Parent When Both Parents Are Willing, Able, And Fit; And By Amending Section 63-15-240, Relating To Child Custody Orders, So As To Require The Court To Take Into Consideration Certain Factors When Determining What Is In The Best Interest Of A Child, To Require That A Child Custody Order Include Findings Of Fact If The Time-sharing Schedule Does Not Allocate Approximately Equal Parenting Time To Each Parent, And To Provide Requirements To Modify Child Custody Orders.
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Introduced
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