South Carolina Senate Bill 444

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-80(a), Relating To The Nomination Of Qualified Judicial Candidates To The General Assembly, So As To Provide That The Judicial Merit Screening Commission Must Submit The Names Of All Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly.

JMSC Reform

Sen. Shane Massey [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]
Sen. Penry Gustafson [R]	Sen. Thomas Davis [R]	Sen. Richard Cash [R]	Sen. Thomas Corbin [R]
Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]
Sen. Sean Bennett [R]	Sen. Mike Reichenbach [R]	Sen. Billy Garrett [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]
Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]	Sen. Michael Johnson [R]	Sen. Thomas Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-16	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-25	Senate	Introduced and read first time

S0130 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
S0178 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
S0248 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
H3022 (Similar To) 2023-02-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
H3447 (Similar To) 2023-02-08 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Crawford, Yow, Kilmartin, Vaughan, May, T.A.Morgan, O'Neal, Guffey, Nutt, Lowe, Haddon, Hixon, B.Newton, Neese, Pope, S.Jones
S0450 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Setzler
H4179 (Similar To) 2023-05-04 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers
H4183 (Similar To) 2023-05-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, Guffey
S0872 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	19	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0444&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/444_20230125.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0444%202023-01-25%20introduced.pdf