South Carolina House Joint Resolution 5041 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 27 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-05-27 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-29
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THIS STATE VESTED IN TWO BRANCHES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THIS STATE SHALL BE VESTED IN A UNICAMERAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH ONE BRANCH STYLED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS THE SINGLE BRANCH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL BE PROVIDED BY LAW; AND PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 22, 23, AND 25, ARTICLE III, AND SECTION 12, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 26, ARTICLE V, SECTION 13, ARTICLE X, SECTION 4, ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 2, ARTICLE XV, AND SECTION 1, ARTICLE XVI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, AND TO DELETE SECTIONS 6 AND 15, ARTICLE III, AND SECTIONS 9 AND 10, ARTICLE IV, ALL RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS ORGANIZATION, OPERATION, AND PROCEDURES, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE "SENATE", "SENATOR", OR SIMILAR RELATED TERMS.

Remove References To The "senate", "senator", Or Similar Related Terms.

Rep. Kenneth Kennedy [D]

Rep. Michael Thompson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-27		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-29
2010-05-27		Introduced and read first time HJ-29

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=5041&session=118