South Carolina House Bill 3161

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-06 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, McCabe, Oremus, Forrest, Magnuson, Harris, Brittain, Bustos
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-115 So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Party; By Amending Section 7-5-110, Relating To Registration In Order To Vote, So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To The Requirements For Voter Registration, So As To Provide The Requirement Of Stating Political Party Affiliation, If Any, On The Form And Including It In The Oath, And To Require The State Election Commission To Assist In Capturing This Data; And By Amending Section 7-9-20, Relating To Qualifications For Voting In Primary Elections, So As To Include, As A Requirement, Registering As A Member Of The Party And To Provide A Procedure For Changing Political Party Affiliation Or Nonaffiliation After A Selection Has Been Made.

Closed primaries

Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. William Chumley [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]
Rep. Jordan Pace [R]	Rep. Jay Kilmartin [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Thomas Beach [R]
Rep. David O'Neal [R]	Rep. Roger Nutt [R]	Rep. Stewart Jones [R]	Rep. Bobby Cox [R]
Rep. Adam Morgan [R]	Rep. Alan Morgan [R]	Rep. Jason Elliott [R]	Rep. Anne Thayer [R]
Rep. April Cromer [R]	Rep. Joe White [R]	Rep. Donald McCabe [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]
Rep. Cally Forrest [R]	Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. Rob Harris [R]	Rep. Thomas Brittain [R]
Rep. Joseph Bustos [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-06	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, McCabe, Oremus, Forrest, Magnuson, Harris, Brittain, Bustos
2023-04-26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer
2023-02-02	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer
2023-02-01	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.J.Cox, A.M.Morgan, T.A.Morgan, Elliott
2023-01-17	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Nutt, S.Jones
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10	House	Introduced and read first time
2022-12-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-12-08	House	Prefiled

H3472 (Similar To) 2023-03-01 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pace, Magnuson
H3685 (Similar To) 2023-05-03 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kilmartin
H3695 (Similar To) 2023-05-09 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T.Moore
S0403 (Similar To) 2023-01-18 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
S0767 (Similar To) 2023-05-02 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	5	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	5	115	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	5	170	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	9	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3161&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3161_20221208.htm