South Carolina Senate Bill 247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relating To Nominations To The General Assembly Of Candidates For Judicial Elections, To Provide That All Candidates Screened And Found Qualified By The Judicial Merit Selection Commission Are Eligible For Election; And To Amend Section 2-19-70(c), To Provide That Candidates May Not Seek Pledges Of Support From Members Of The General Assembly And Members Of The General Assembly Cannot Give Pledges To Candidates Until The Seventh Legislative Day After The Candidate Qualifications Have Been Determined And The Screening Committee Releases Its Final Report.

Candidates for judicial elections

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-13	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2014-12-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2014-12-10	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	19	70	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0247&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/247_20141210.htm