South Carolina Senate Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 7-11-15, As Amended, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Filing As A Candidate For The General Election, So As To Move Up The Filing Period For Candidates To Qualify To Run In The General Election And To Remove The Provision Declaring That Section 7-11-15 Does Not Apply To Certain Nonpartisan School District Elections; To Amend Section 7-13-15, Relating To Primaries To Be Conducted On The Second Tuesday In June, So As To Move Up The Date Of These Primaries To The Second Tuesday In May Of Each General Election Year; To Amend Section 7-13-40, Relating To The Time Of The Party Primary, The Certification Of Names, Verification Of Candidates' Qualifications, And Filing Fees, So As To Move Up The Time Of The Party Primary To The Second Tuesday In May Of Each General Election Year And Make Other Conforming Changes; To Amend Section 53-5-10, Relating To The Enumeration Of Legal Holidays In South Carolina, So As To Designate The Second Tuesday In May Of Each General Election Year "primary Election Day" And The First Tuesday Following The First Monday In November In Each Even-numbered Year "general Election Day" As Legal Holidays.

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Sen. Stephen Goldfinch [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-12-12	Senate	Prefiled

S0307 (Similar To) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H4837 (Similar To) 2020-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	5	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	11	15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0261&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/261_20181212.htm