South Carolina House Bill 5483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-2)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 7-15-320, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Persons Qualified To Vote By Absentee Ballot, So As To Include Persons Who Are Self-quarantining Or Isolating In Order To Avoid Possible Exposure To A Contagious, Communicable, Or Transmissible Disease During An Active Pandemic Or Epidemic In This State, Or Persons Whose Place Of Residence Or Polling Place Is Located In An Area Subject To An Active And Lawfully Declared State Of Emergency; And To Amend Sections 7-15-220, 7-15-380, 7-15-385, And 7-15-420, All Relating To Absentee Ballots, So As To Provide That Notwithstanding Another Provision Of Law, The Requirement That An Absentee Ballot Applicant's Oath Be Witnessed Does Not Apply During An Active Pandemic Or Epidemic In This State, Or During An Active And Lawfully Declared State Of Emergency In This State.

Absentee ballot

Rep. Wendy Brawley [D]	Rep. John King [D]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Patricia Henegan [D]
Rep. Marvin Pendarvis [D]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]	Rep. David Weeks [D]
Rep. Leon Howard [D]	Rep. David Mack [D]	Rep. Krystle Matthews [D]	Rep. Leola Robinson-Simpson [D]
Rep. Ivory Thigpen [D]	Rep. Robert Williams [D]	Rep. Shedron Williams [D]	Rep. Carl Anderson [D]
Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers [D]	Rep. Annie McDaniel [D]	Rep. William Wheeler [D]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]
Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]	Rep. Seth Rose [D]	Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]	Rep. Kambrell Garvin [D]
Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]	Rep. Roger Kirby [D]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]
Rep. Jimmy Bales [D]	Rep. Nathan Ballentine [R]	Rep. Kirkman Finlay [R]	Rep. Anne Parks [D]
Rep. Robert Ridgeway [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-05-12	House	Introduced and read first time

S1204 (Similar To) 2020-05-12 - Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	15	220	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	15	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	15	380	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	15	385	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	15	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5483&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5483_20200512.htm