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H3448 - Government electronic devices
Heather Bauer, Bobby J. Cox, Brandon Guffey
Last updated over 1 year 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
H3570 - Maximum Sales Tax
Russell L. Ott, John Taliaferro West, William M. Chumley
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-2110, Relating To The Maximum Sales Tax, So As To Include Livestock Trailers.
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Introduced
H3532 - Bond Reform
Murrell Smith, Thomas E. Pope, John R. Mccravy
Last updated about 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
H3423 - Homestead exemption
Steven Wayne Long, John R. Mccravy, James Mikell Burns
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-250, Relating To The Homestead Property Tax Exemption Allowed For Persons Who Are Over The Age Of Sixty-five Years, Disabled, Or Legally Blind, So As To Increase The Exemption Amount From The First Fifty Thousand Dollars To The First One Hundred Thousand Dollars Of The Fair Market Value Of The Homestead; And By Repealing Section 12-37-245 Relating To An Obsolete Reference To The Homestead Exemption.
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Introduced
H3464 - Critical race theory instruction prohibition
Steven Wayne Long, John R. Mccravy, James Mikell Burns
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-29-12 So As To Provide Public School Districts, Public Schools, And Public Institutions Of Higher Learning May Not Direct Or Otherwise Compel Students To Personally Affirm, Adopt, Or Adhere To The Tenets Of "critical Race Theory" Or Provide Related Instruction, And To Define Necessary Terminology.
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Introduced
H3484 - Orders of Protection
Roy Josiah Magnuson, William M. Chumley, Jordan S. Pace
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 20-4-20, Relating To Terms Defined In The "protection From Domestic Abuse Act", So As To Change The Definition Of "household Member" And To Add A Definition For "dating Relationship".
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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
H3553 - Adoption
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated about 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-9-750, Relating To Final Adoption Hearings, So As To Eliminate The Mandatory Ninety-day Waiting Period To Finalize An Adoption; By Amending Sections 63-7-1710, 63-7-2530, 63-9-710, And 63-7-1660, All Relating To Child Permanency Proceedings, So As To Make Certain Changes To Expedite Permanency For Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services; By Amending Section 63-7-40, Relating To Infant Safe Havens, So As To Allow The Permanency Planning Hearing And Termination Of Parental Rights Hearing To Occur In The Same Proceeding, With Exceptions; By Amending Section 63-9-30, Relating To Terms Defined In The South Carolina Adoption Act, So As To Change The Definition Of "special Needs Child"; And By Amending Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Make Certain Changes To Promote Timely Permanence For Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services; And For Other Purposes. - Ratified Title
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Passed
H3161 - Closed primaries
James Mikell Burns, William M. Chumley, John R. Mccravy
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-115 So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Party; By Amending Section 7-5-110, Relating To Registration In Order To Vote, So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To The Requirements For Voter Registration, So As To Provide The Requirement Of Stating Political Party Affiliation, If Any, On The Form And Including It In The Oath, And To Require The State Election Commission To Assist In Capturing This Data; And By Amending Section 7-9-20, Relating To Qualifications For Voting In Primary Elections, So As To Include, As A Requirement, Registering As A Member Of The Party And To Provide A Procedure For Changing Political Party Affiliation Or Nonaffiliation After A Selection Has Been Made.
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Introduced
H3529 - Constitutional amendment, Judicial Department
Roy Josiah Magnuson, Thomas Beach, James Mikell Burns
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Amendment To Sections 3, 8, 13, 18, And 27, Article V Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To The Judicial Department, So As To Provide That Supreme Court Justices, Judges On The Court Of Appeals, And Circuit Court Judges Shall Be Appointed By The Governor With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate Rather Than Being Elected By The General Assembly, And To Repeal Provisions Requiring The General Assembly To Establish A Judicial Merit Screening Commission.
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Introduced
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-117
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South Carolina House
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Jordan S. Pace is running for election to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Georgia. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022. Pace completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Explore his survey responses here. Pace is a businessman. His professional experience includes working as a manager at a Chick-fil-A restaurant.read less
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