SC S0099 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-05-08 - Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-70, Relating To Judicial Candidates Seeking Pledges From Members Of The General Assembly, So As To Provide That Pledges For Judicial Candidates May Not Be Directly Or Indirectly Sought Or Given Until Twelve Days After The Initial Release Of The Report Concerning Nominees To Members Of The General Assembly; And By Amending Section 2-19-80, Relating To The Nomination Of Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly, So As To Provide That A Period Of At Least Twenty-two Days Must Elapse Between The Date Of The Judicial Merit Selection Commission's Initial Report Of Nominations To The General Assembly And The Date The General Assembly Conducts The Election For These Judgeships.

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Title

Judicial candidates, pledges and election

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-05-08SenateRecommitted to Committee on Judiciary
2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
2024-02-28SenateCommittee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2024-01-16SenateReferred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
2023-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10SenateIntroduced and read first time
2022-11-30SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-11-30SenatePrefiled

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
21970(n/a)See Bill Text
21980(n/a)See Bill Text

South Carolina State Sources


Bill Comments

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