South Carolina Senate Bill 886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-11 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-5-320, Relating To Applications For Motor Vehicle Drivers' Licenses And Voter Registration, So As To Provide That Each State Identification Card Application Or Motor Vehicle Driver's License Application, Including Renewal Applications, Submitted To The Department Of Motor Vehicles Shall Serve As An Application For Voter Registration; To Eliminate The Requirement That The Applicant Sign A Separate Voter Registration Portion Of The Application In Order To Register; To Provide That The Applicant Shall Consent To The Use Of His Signature From His State Identification Card Or Driver's License Issued By The Department Of Motor Vehicles For Voter Registration Purposes; And To Provide A Procedure By Which An Individual Can Decline Registration.

Automatic Voter Registration on Licenses

Sen. Deon Tedder [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-11		Scrivener's error corrected
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2023-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

S0006 (Similar To) 2023-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H3172 (Similar To) 2023-01-18 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Jones

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	5	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0886&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/886_20231130.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/886_20240111.htm