South Carolina Senate Bill 351 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 8 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 24-3-180 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Providing Transportation And Clothes To A Discharged Inmate, To Provide That The Inmate Must Be Provided With Written Notice That The Inmate Is Eligible To Register To Vote And Instructions Concerning How To Register To Vote; To Amend Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 24 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Prisoners Generally, By Adding Section 24-13-190, To Provide That An Inmate Must Be Provided With Written Notice That He May Register To Vote And Instructions About How To Register To Vote At The Completion Of His Sentence; To Amend Article 5, Chapter 21, Title 24 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Probation, By Adding Section 24-21-495, To Provide That A Person's Probation Agent Must Provide Him With Written Notice That He May Register To Vote And Instructions About How To Register To Vote At The Completion Of His Sentence; To Amend Article 7, Chapter 21, Title 24 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Parole, By Adding Section 24-21-720, To Provide That A Parolee Must Be Provided With Written Notice That He May Register To Vote And Instructions About How To Register To Vote At The Completion Of His Sentence; To Amend Section 24-21-930 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Restoration Of Civil Rights Upon Receiving A Pardon, To Require That A Pardon Order Shall Explicitly State That The Restoration Of Civil Rights Includes The Right To Vote And That The Pardoned Person Is Provided With Instructions About How To Register To Vote.

Prisoners, parolees, pardons and probationers

Sen. Maymia McLeod [D]

Sen. Gerald Malloy [D]

Sen. Karl Allen [D]

2021-04-08 - Senate - Senate: 3rd Reading (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-31 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-13	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-04-13	House	Introduced and read first time
2021-04-08	Senate	Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
2021-04-08	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2021-04-08	Senate	Amended
2021-03-31	Senate	Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
2021-03-31	Senate	Read second time
2021-03-31	Senate	Amended
2021-03-31	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2021-03-25	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Corrections and Penology
2021-03-25	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

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	13	190	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	21	495	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	21	720	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	21	930	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	3	180	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0351&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/351_20201209.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/351_20210325.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/351_20210331.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/351_20210408.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0351%202021-1-12%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0351%202021-4-08%20amended.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19039
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19147