South Carolina Senate Bill 130

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-10, Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission And The Commission's Appointment, Qualifications, And Term, So As To Revise The Membership And Terms Of The Commission; By Amending Section 2-19-20, Relating To Investigation By Commission And The Publication Of Vacancies, So As To Provide That The Investigation Shall Include The South Carolina Bar Assessment Of The Candidate, The Citizens Committee Assessment Of The Candidate, And Public Testimony From Any Witness Appearing Before The Commission; By Amending Section 2-19-80, Relating To The Nomination Of Qualified Candidates By The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, So As To Change The Commission's Process For Nominating Judicial Candidates From The Nomination Of Three Qualified Candidates To The Release Of A List Of All Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly; And By Amending Section 2-19-90, Relating To The Election Of Judges By The General Assembly, So As To Require A Majority Vote From Each House Of The General Assembly.

Judicial Merit Selection Commission

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-16	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2022-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

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S0248 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
H3022 (Similar To) 2023-02-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
H3447 (Similar To) 2023-02-08 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Crawford, Yow, Kilmartin, Vaughan, May, T.A.Morgan, O'Neal, Guffey, Nutt, Lowe, Haddon, Hixon, B.Newton, Neese, Pope, S.Jones
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H4179 (Similar To) 2023-05-04 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers
H4183 (Similar To) 2023-05-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, Guffey
S0872 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	19	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0130&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/130_20220212.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/130_20221202.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0130%202023-01-10%20introduced.pdf