SC S0022 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-04-06 - Read second time
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Amend Section 63-19-820, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Placing Children In An Adult Jail, 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; To Amend Section 63-19-1020, Relating To The Right Of Certain Persons And Entities Injured By Delinquent Acts Of A Child To Institute Legal Proceedings Against The Child, So As To Require That The Child And His Family Seek Counseling When The Status Offense Is Of Incorrigibility; To Amend Section 63-19-1440, Relating To Commitment Of Certain Children To The Department Of Juvenile Justice, So As To Distinguish Between Status And Criminal Offenses And To Change The Requirements For Court Orders; To Amend Section 63-19-1810, Relating To Determination Of Release Of Juveniles Adjudicated Delinquent By The Department, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And To Amend Section 63-19-2050, As Amended, Relating To Expungement Of Certain Court Records, So As To Provide For The Automatic Expungement Of A Juvenile's Records For Status Offenses, With Exceptions.

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Title

Children placed in adult jails

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2022-04-06SenateRead second time
2022-03-30SenateCommittee report: Favorable Judiciary
2022-02-15SenateReferred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), McLeod, Senn, Adams, Garrett
2021-01-12SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12SenateIntroduced and read first time
2020-12-09SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-09SenatePrefiled

Same As/Similar To

H3213 (Similar To) 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
63191020(n/a)See Bill Text
63191440(n/a)See Bill Text
63191810(n/a)See Bill Text
63192050(n/a)See Bill Text
6319820(n/a)See Bill Text

South Carolina State Sources


Bill Comments

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