South Carolina House Bill 3779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on July 8 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-08 - Act No. 252

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-1620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS AD LITEM IN ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CHILDREN MUST BE APPOINTED A GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND MAY BE APPOINTED LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT ATTORNEYS MUST BE APPOINTED FOR GUARDIANS AD LITEM IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA GUARDIANS AD LITEM PROGRAM AND IN RICHLAND COUNTY CASA, AND THAT LEGAL COUNSEL APPOINTED FOR A CHILD MUST NOT BE THE SAME COUNSEL AS COUNSEL FOR THE CHILD'S GUARDIAN AD LITEM. - ratified title

Provide That Children Must Be Appointed A Guardian Ad Litem And May Be Appointed Legal Counsel, That Attorneys Must Be Appointed For Guardians Ad Litem In The South Carolina Guardians Ad Litem Program And In Richland County Casa, And That Legal Counsel Appointed For A Child Must Not Be The Same Counsel As Counsel For The Child's Guardian Ad Litem. - Ratified Title

Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]	Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. George Hearn [R]
Rep. Thad Viers [R]	Rep. David Weeks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-08		Act No. 252
2010-07-01		Effective date 06/11/10
2010-06-11		Signed By Governor
2010-06-07		Ratified R 316
2010-06-02		Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0 HJ-69
2010-06-02		Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-69
2010-06-01		Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-36
2010-05-27		Read second time SJ-43
2010-05-27		Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-43
2010-05-26		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-16
2010-03-05		Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Knotts, Campsen, Lourie, Massey
2010-03-02		Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-16
2010-03-02		Introduced and read first time SJ-16
2010-02-26		Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-5
2010-02-25		Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-62
2010-02-25		Read second time HJ-61
2010-02-25		Amended HJ-61
2010-02-25		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Viers
2010-02-23		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons
2010-02-17		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-3
2010-01-20		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson
2009-03-26		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-3
2009-03-26		Introduced and read first time HJ-3

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	7	1620	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=3779&session=118