South Carolina House Bill 3616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 7-1-110 So As To Establish The South Carolina Election Security Council, And To Provide For The Council's Composition, Duties, Powers, And Responsibilities; By Adding Section 7-13-1625 So As To Provide That After The Effective Date Of This Act, All Voting Systems Used In South Carolina Shall Utilize A Paper-based System Using Paper Ballots Tabulated By Optical Scanners As The Ballot Of Record, And To Require The General Assembly To Appropriate The Funds Necessary To Purchase The Voting Systems Required By This Section; And By Adding Section 7-13-1635 So As To Provide That Beginning With The 2020 General Election Cycle, The State Election Commission In Conjunction With The County Boards Of Voter Registration And Elections, As Necessary, Shall Conduct Postelection Risk-limiting Audits For All Statewide Primary, General, And Special Elections, Including Statewide Runoff Elections, To Define Relevant Terms, And To Authorize The State Election Commission To Promulgate Regulations Regarding The Procedures And Use Of Risk-limiting Audits.

Voting

Rep. Kirkman Finlay [R]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Mandy Norrell [D]	Rep. Gary Clary [R]
Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]	Rep. Laurie Funderburk [D]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
2019-01-17	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Funderburk
2019-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-16	House	Introduced and read first time

S0374 (Similar To) 2019-01-15 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H3304 (Similar To) 2019-02-05 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan
H4293 (Similar To) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H4725 (Similar To) 2020-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	1	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	1625	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	1635	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3616&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3616_20190116.htm