South Carolina House Joint Resolution 3876 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-17 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper, Mack, Gilliard
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING IN 2012, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MUST BE CHOSEN EVERY FOURTH INSTEAD OF EVERY SECOND YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 8, ARTICLE III, RELATING TO ELECTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE BE ELECTED EVERY FOURTH INSTEAD OF EVERY SECOND YEAR; AND TO AMEND SECTION 6, ARTICLE III, RELATING TO ELECTION OF THE SENATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING IN 2012, MEMBERS OF THE SENATE BE ELECTED EVERY SIXTH INSTEAD OF EVERY FOURTH YEAR.

Provide That Beginning In 2012, Members Of The Senate Be Elected Every Sixth Instead Of Every Fourth Year.

Rep. Liston Barfield [R]	Rep. Kristopher Crawford [R]	Rep. Joseph Daning [R]	Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]
Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. Phillip Lowe [R]	Rep. David Mack [D]	Rep. Edward Pitts [R]
Rep. Michael Pitts [R]	Rep. Timothy Scott [R]	Rep. McLain Toole [R]	Rep. David Umphlett [R]
Rep. Jackson Whipper [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-17		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper, Mack, Gilliard
2009-04-02		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-33
2009-04-02		Introduced and read first time HJ-32

H4279 (Similar To) 2010-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-57

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Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=3876&session=118