South Carolina Senate Bill 176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-22 - Debate adjourned
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend Section 24-3-530, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Death By Electrocution Or Lethal Injection, So As To Provide That A Person Convicted Of A Capital Crime And Having Imposed Upon Him The Sentence Of Death Shall Suffer The Penalty By Electrocution Or, At The Election Of The Person, Lethal Injection, If It Is Available At The Time Of Election, Under The Direction Of The Director Of The Department Of Corrections, To Provide That If The Convicted Person Receives A Stay Of Execution Or The Execution Date Has Passed, The Election Expires And Must Be Renewed In Writing, To Provide That The Penalty Must Be Administered By Electrocution For A Person Who Waives The Right Of Election, To Provide That The Director Of The Department Of Corrections Shall Determine And Certify To The Supreme Court Whether The Method Selected Is Available, To Provide That A Convicted Person's Signature Must Be Witnessed By Two Persons Whose Signatures Must Be Notarized And Certifies That The Convicted Person's Signature Was Made Free From Coercion And Voluntarily Given, And To Provide That If Execution By Lethal Injection Under This Section Is Unavailable Or Is Held To Be Unconstitutional By An Appellate Court Of Competent Jurisdiction, Then The Manner Of Inflicting A Death Sentence Must Be Electrocution Regardless Of The Method Elected By The Person.

Executions

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

Sen. Shane Martin [R]

Sen. Danny Verdin [R]

2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 4 (Y: 1 N: 38 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - Senate - Senate: To Set For Special Order (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-22	House	Debate adjourned
2020-09-16	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2020-09-15	House	Debate adjourned until Wed., 9-16-20
2020-05-12	House	Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-13-20
2020-04-08	House	Debate adjourned
2020-03-12		Scrivener's error corrected
2020-03-11	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2019-01-31		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-31	House	Introduced and read first time
2019-01-31	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2019-01-30	Senate	Roll call Ayes-26 Nays-13
2019-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-30	Senate	Amended
2019-01-29	Senate	Roll call Ayes-26 Nays-13
2019-01-29	Senate	Special order, set for January 29, 2019
2019-01-24		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-01-23	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology
2019-01-23	Senate	Polled out of committee Corrections and Penology
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
2018-12-12	Senate	Prefiled

H3301 (Similar To) 2019-04-04 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Martin
H4417 (Similar To) 2019-04-23 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Atkinson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	3	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0176&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20181212.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20190123.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20190124.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20190130.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20190131.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20200311.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/176_20200312.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=15550
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=15558
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=15557