South Carolina Senate Bill 200

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2021 - 50% progression
Action: 2021-03-04 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 24-3-530 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Death By Electrocution Or Lethal Injection, To Provide That A Person Sentenced To Death May Elect For Electrocution Or Lethal Injection If Lethal Injection Is Available At The Time Of Election, To Provide That An Election Expires And Must Be Renewed In Writing If The Convicted Person Receives A Stay Of Execution Or The Execution Date Has Passed, To Provide That A Penalty Must Be Administered By Electrocution For A Person Who Waives His Right Of Election, To Provide That The Department Of Corrections Director 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, And To Provide That The Manner Of Inflicting A Death Sentence Must Be Electrocution Regardless Of The Method Elected By The Person If Execution By Lethal Injection Is Unavailable Or Is Held To Be Unconstitutional By An Appellate Court Of Competent Jurisdiction.

Executions

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]	Sen. Shane Martin [R]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]
Sen. Penry Gustafson [R]	Sen. Ross Turner [R]

2021-03-02 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 32 N: 11 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-04	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-03-04	House	Introduced and read first time
2021-03-03	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2021-03-03		Scrivener's error corrected
2021-03-02	Senate	Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-11
2021-03-02	Senate	Read second time
2021-03-02	Senate	Amended
2021-02-03		Scrivener's error corrected
2021-02-02	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology
2021-02-02	Senate	Polled out of committee Corrections and Penology
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
2021-01-12	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
2020-12-09	Senate	Prefiled

H3755 (Similar To) 2021-03-02 - Requests for debate-Rep

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=0200&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/200_20201209.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/200_20210202.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/200_20210203.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/200_20210302.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/200_20210303.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0200%202021-01-12%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0200%202021-01-12%20updated.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=18502