South Carolina House Bill 4835 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-04 - Committed to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 56-5-1810, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Requiring A Motor Vehicle To Be Driven Upon The Right Half Of A Roadway, So As To Provide Restrictions On Driving A Motor Vehicle On A Roadway Having At Least Two Lanes Allowing Movement In The Same Direction, Provide A Penalty, And Direct The Department Of Transportation To Place Signs Along The Interstate Highways Directing Slower Traffic To Move Right; And To Amend Section 56-1-720, Relating To Points Assessed Against A Person's Motor Vehicle Record For Committing Certain Operating Violations, So As To Provide Improper Driving In A Left Lane Is A Two-point Violation.

Driving on right half of road

Rep. John West [R]	Rep. Murrell Smith [R]	Rep. Gary Simrill [R]	Rep. Anne Thayer [R]
Rep. William Cogswell [R]	Rep. Michael Sottile [R]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]	Rep. Jimmy Bales [D]
Rep. Kevin Hardee [R]	Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]	Rep. Con Chellis [R]	Rep. Kirkman Finlay [R]
Rep. Mandy Kimmons [R]	Rep. Christopher Murphy [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]
Rep. Brandon Newton [R]	Rep. Russell Fry [R]	Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-04	House	Committed to Committee on Judiciary
2020-03-04	House	Amended
2020-03-04	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton, Fry, Clemmons
2020-03-03	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
2020-02-27	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
2020-02-11	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten
2020-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2020-01-14	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
56	1	720	(n/a)	See Bill Text
56	5	1810	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4835&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4835_20200114.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4835_20200227.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4835_20200304.htm