South Carolina Senate Bill 499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 7 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Enact The "south Carolina Election Commission Restructuring Act"; To Amend Chapter 1, Title 7 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Elections, By Adding Section 7-1-110, To Provide That The President Of The Senate And Speaker Of The House Of Representatives Have The Right To Intervene And Have Standing On Behalf Of Their Respective Bodies In Actions That Challenge The Validity Of An Election Law, An Election Policy, Or The Manner In Which An Election Is Conducted; To Amend Section 7-3-10(a) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The State Election Commission, To Provide That The Membership Of The Commission Consists Of Five Members Appointed By The Governor Upon The Advice And Consent Of The Senate; And To Amend Section 7-3-20(a) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Executive Director Of The State Election Commission, To Revise His Procedure Of Appointment.

SC Election Commission Restructuring Act

Sen. George Campsen [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Scott Talley [R]	Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]
Sen. Wes Climer [R]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]

2021-03-31 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 37 N: 7 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-04-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2021-04-07	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2021-04-01		Scrivener's error corrected
2021-03-31	Senate	Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-7
2021-03-31	Senate	Read second time
2021-03-31	Senate	Amended
2021-03-31	Senate	Committee Amendment Withdrawn
2021-03-24	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2021-03-11	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, McLeod, Garrett
2021-01-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-28	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	1	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	3	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	3	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0499&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/499_20210128.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/499_20210324.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/499_20210331.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/499_20210401.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0499%202021-01-28%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19042