South Carolina Senate Bill 16

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-19-820, Relating To Out-of-home Placement, So As To Eliminate The Exception For Children To Be Tried As An Adult And To Decrease The Length Of Time That A Child May Be Held In A Juvenile Detention Facility For Committing A Status Offense Or For Violating A Related Court Order; By Amending Section 63-19-1020, Relating To Instituting Proceedings, So As To Require That The Child And His Family Seek Counseling When The Status Offense Is Of Incorrigibility; By Amending Section 63-19-1440, Relating To Commitment, So As To Distinguish Between Status And Criminal Offenses And Change The Requirements For Court Orders; By Amending Section 63-19-1810, Relating To Determination Of Release, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 63-19-2050, Relating To Petition For Expungement Of Official Records, So As To Provide For The Automatic Expungement Of Official Records For Status Offenses With Exceptions And Make Conforming Changes.

Status Offenders

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-12-11	Senate	Prefiled

H3655 (Similar To) 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	19	1020	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	1440	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	1810	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	2050	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	820	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0016&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/16_20241211.htm