South Carolina House Bill 3447

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 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
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Judicial Merit Selection Commission

Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]	Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]
Rep. William Chumley [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Jordan Pace [R]	Rep. Thomas Beach [R]
Rep. Rob Harris [R]	Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Val Guest [R]	Rep. Heather Crawford [R]
Rep. Richard Yow [R]	Rep. Jay Kilmartin [R]	Rep. David Vaughan [R]	Rep. Robert May [R]
Rep. Alan Morgan [R]	Rep. David O'Neal [R]	Rep. Brandon Guffey [R]	Rep. Roger Nutt [R]
Rep. Phillip Lowe [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]	Rep. Brandon Newton [R]
Rep. Mike Neese [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Stewart Jones [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-08	House	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
2023-01-18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliam
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10	House	Introduced and read first time
2022-12-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-12-08	House	Prefiled

S0130 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
S0178 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
S0248 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
H3022 (Similar To) 2023-02-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
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
H4179 (Similar To) 2023-05-04 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers
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	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	70	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3447&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3447_20221208.htm