South Carolina House Bill 3033

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Edgerton
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-5, Relating To South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission Creation, Appointment, And Terms, So As To Require Attorney-legislators Who Serve On The Commission To Recuse Themselves From The Vote And Screening Process Of Judges Or Justices They Appear Before Or Have Appeared Before In The Preceding Five-year Period; And By Amending Section 2-19-90, Relating To Election Of Judges And Justices By The General Assembly In Joint Session, So As To Require Attorney-legislators Who Serve On The Commission To Recuse Themselves From The Vote And Screening Process Of Judges Or Justices They Appear Before Or Have Appeared Before In The Preceding Five-year Period.

Judicial Elections, lawyer-legislators

Rep. William Chumley [R]

Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]

Rep. Sarita Edgerton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Edgerton
2025-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-14	House	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-05	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-12-05	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	19	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3033&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3033_20241205.htm