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H3508 - Jurisdiction
Sylleste H. Davis, Murrell Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 3-1-150 And 63-3-510, Relating To Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands Relinquished By The United States And The Exclusive Original Jurisdiction Of The Family Court, Respectively, So As To Provide For Concurrent Jurisdiction With The United States In Certain Matters Involving Juveniles Within A Military Installation.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3603 - Governor Henry Dargan McMaster, State of the State Address
Murrell Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A Concurrent Resolution Inviting His Excellency, Henry Dargan Mcmaster, Governor Of The State Of South Carolina, To Address The General Assembly In Joint Session At 7:00 P.m. On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, In The Chamber Of The South Carolina House Of Representatives.
STATUS
Passed
H3558 - Safety Plans and Relative Placements
Murrell Smith, Shannon S. Erickson, Heather Ammons Crawford
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 63-7-693 And 63-7-696 So As To Require Parties To Execute A Safety Plan Before The Department Of Social Services May Place A Child Outside The Home Without Taking Legal Custody, To Establish Limitations On The Use Of A Safety Plan For Child Protection, And For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 63-7-650, Relating To The Placement Of A Child Outside The Home Instead Of Entering State Custody, So As To Change Certain Requirements Relating To Assessing The Safety And Appropriateness Of An Out-of-home Placement; By Amending Section 63-7-690, Relating To The Allowable Timeframe To Make An Interim Out-of-home Placement Of A Child, So As To Change The Timeframe; And By Amending Section 63-7-730, Relating To Expedited Placement Of Child With A Relative At The Probable Cause Hearing, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3637 - SC OSHA, 50th anniversary
Murrell Smith, Terry Alexander, Carl L. Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
124 Co-Sponsors
Recognize And Congratulate The South Carolina Occupational Safety And Health Administration On The Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary.
STATUS
Passed
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
STATUS
Passed
H3598 - Farewell to Rep. K. Matthews
Murrell Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Commend The Honorable Krystle N. Matthews On Her Meritorious Service In The South Carolina House Of Representatives And To Wish Her Contentment And Success In All Her Future Endeavors.
STATUS
Passed
H3583 - Gavin's Law, Sextortion
Brandon Guffey, Brian Lawson, Jordan S. Pace
Last updated over 1 year ago
67 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting "gavin's Law" By Adding Section 16-15-430 So As To Create The Offenses Of "sexual Extortion" And "aggravated Sexual Extortion", To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide Penalties For Violations. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
H3823 - Absentee ballots, witnesses
Fawn M. Pedalino, Sylleste H. Davis, Shannon S. Erickson
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-15-382 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful For A Person To Witness The Signature Of More Than Five Absentee Ballot Applicants On The Oath Imprinted On Absentee Ballot Return-addressed Envelopes In A Single Election, And To Provide Penalties For Violations.
STATUS
Introduced
H3732 - Classic cars
William M. Chumley, James Mikell Burns, Thomas E. Pope
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-1-668 So As To Designate The Restoration, Exhibition, Showing, And Enjoyment Of Classic And Antique Motor Vehicles As The Official Family-friendly Pastime Of The State.
STATUS
Engrossed
H3726 - Statewide Education and Workforce Development Act
Murrell Smith, John Taliaferro West, Nathan Ballentine
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 30 To Title 41 So As To Enact The "statewide Education And Workforce Development Act", To State The Purpose Of The Chapter, To Create The Office Of Statewide Workforce Development In The Department Of Employment And Workforce And Provide For The Management And Functions Of The Office, To Transfer The Coordinating Council For Workforce Development To The Department And Provide For The Composition And Functions Of The Council, To Create An Executive Committee Of The Coordinating Council And Provide For The Composition And Functions Of The Committee, To Redesignate Regional Education Centers As Regional Workforce Advisors And Provide For The Oversight, Functions, Responsibilities, And Geographic Configuration Requirements Of The Centers, Among Other Things; To Amend Section 41-31-160, Relating To Contribution And Wage Reports Required By The Department, So As To Revise Criteria For Employers Who Must File The Reports, And To Require The Electronic Filing Of The Reports Absent Demonstrated Hardship; To Amend Section 41-35-615, Relating To Department Notices To Employers Concerning Insured Status Determinations And Employer Responses, So As To Require The Electronic Filing Of Certain Employer Responses Absent Demonstrated Harsdship; And By Repealing Article 13 Of Chapter 1, Title 13 Relating To Oversight Of Regional Education Centers By The Department Of Commerce, And Article 15 Of Chapter 1, Title 13 Relating To The Coordinating Council For Workforce Development. - Ratified Title
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-067
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South Carolina House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Murrell Smith was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1967. He graduated from Hendrix College in 1989 and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law in 1992. Smith served in the United States Army Reserve from 1989 until he received an Honorable Discharge in 1996. He worked as an attorney before running for office. Smith won election to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2010, representing District 67 as a Republican.read less
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