South Carolina House Bill 4179

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-7)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-10, Relating To The Membership Of The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, So As To Provide That The Governor Appoint Six Members Of The Commission, The President Of The Senate Appoint Two Members, And The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives Appoint Two Members, And To Prohibit A Member Of The General Assembly From Serving As A Member Of The Commission; And By Amending Section 2-19-80, Relating To The Nomination Of Qualified Candidates By The Judicial Merit Selection Commission To The General Assembly, So As To Provide That All Qualified Candidates Be Submitted To The General Assembly For Consideration, And That The Commission Provide A Written Explanation To A Candidate Found Not Qualified.

Judicial Merit Selection Commission

Rep. Heather Bauer [D]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. John King [D]	Rep. Russell Ott [D]
Rep. Annie McDaniel [D]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]	Rep. Donald McCabe [R]	Rep. Joe White [R]
Rep. April Cromer [R]	Rep. Thomas Beach [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. Ashley Trantham [R]
Rep. Joseph Bustos [R]	Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Mark Willis [R]
Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. Rob Harris [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers
2023-05-03	House	Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Gilliard, Anderson
2023-04-26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Magnuson, Harris
2023-04-25	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham, Bustos, Burns, Dillard, Willis
2023-04-20	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Beach, Oremus
2023-04-19	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCabe, White
2023-04-05	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ott, McDaniel, Jefferson, Anderson, Gilliard
2023-04-04	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King, Rivers
2023-03-29	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter
2023-03-28	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-03-28	House	Introduced and read first time

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S0248 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
S0444 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
S0450 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Setzler
H3022 (Similar To) 2023-02-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
H3447 (Similar To) 2023-02-08 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Crawford, Yow, Kilmartin, Vaughan, May, T.A.Morgan, O'Neal, Guffey, Nutt, Lowe, Haddon, Hixon, B.Newton, Neese, Pope, S.Jones
H4183 (Similar To) 2023-05-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, Guffey
S0872 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	19	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4179&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4179_20230328.htm