South Carolina Senate Joint Resolution 370 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 3, Article V Of The Constitution Of This State, Relating To The Election Of Supreme Court Justices, Section 8, Article V, Relating To The Election Of Judges Of The Court Of Appeals, Section 13, Article V, Relating To Judicial Circuits And Circuit Court Judges, Section 18, Article V, Relating To Vacancies In These Judicial Offices, And Section 27, Article V, Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, To Provide That Supreme Court Justices, Judges Of The Court Of Appeals, And Circuit Court Judges Shall Be Appointed By The Governor, Subject To The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, And To Provide For The Composition Of The Judicial Merit Selection Commission.

Elections of judges

Sen. Scott Talley [R]

Sen. Rex Rice [R]

Sen. William Timmons [R]

2017-04-06 - Senate - Senate: Sect. 44, Part 1a And Part 1b, Dept. Of Agriculture. (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-02-07	Senate	Introduced and read first time

S0386 (Similar To) 2017-02-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H5106 (Similar To) 2018-03-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0370&session=122&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/370_20170207.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=13147