South Carolina Senate Bill 1 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-11 - Roll call Ayes-19 Nays-24
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

By Amending Sections 2-17-20 And 2-17-25 Relating To Lobbyists, To Amend Lobbyist And Lobbyist's Principal Registration Fees; To Amend Sections 2-17-30, 2-17-35, And 2-17-40 To Provide For Lobbying Filing Report Dates For Lobbyists, Lobbyist's Principals And State Agencies; To Amend Section 2-19-70 To Prohibit A Member Of The General Assembly From Being Elected To A Judicial Office For Two Years After Service In The General Assembly And To Prohibit Direct Or Indirect Pledges For Judicial Candidates Until The Time Prescribed By Law; To Amend Section 8-13-130 To Permit The Senate And House Ethics Committees To Levy A Fee On A Person Who Committed An Ethics Violation For Reimbursement For The Investigation And Hearing; By Amending Chapter 13, Articles 3 And 5 Of Title 8, To Provide For The Duties And Procedures Of The South Carolina Ethics Commission And To Provide For The Duties And Procedures Of The House And Senate Ethics Committees And To Provide Penalties For Certain Violations; To Amend Section 8-13-700, Relating To Use Of An Official Position Or Office For Financial Gain, To Prohibit Private Business Dealings During Hours For Which A Public Official, Public Member, Or Public Employee Is Compensated For Governmental Services And To Provide For When A Public Official, Public Member, Or Public Employee Must Recuse Himself; To Amend Sections 8-13-720 And 8-13-725 By Providing For Additional Penalties; To Amend Section 8-13-755 To Prohibit A Public Official, Public Member, Or Public Employee From Lobbying Or Accepting Employment In An Area In Which The Official, Member, Or Employee Directly And Substantially Participated During His Public Service; To Add Section 8-13-756 To Provide Some Exceptions In The Prohibition Against Financial Gain For Higher Education Employees Who Participate In The Development Of Intellectual Property; To Amend Section 8-13-775 To Provide When A Public Official, Public Member, Or Public Employee May Not Participate In The Awarding Of A Government Contract; To Amend Section 8-13-870 To Eliminate The Option For The State Ethics Commission To Issue An Oral Warning Or Reprimand; To Amend Section 8-13-790 To Require Recovery Of The Value Of Anything Received By A Public Official Or Public Employee In Violation Of Chapter 13, Articles 1-11 Of Title 8; To Amend Section 8-13-360 To Require The State Ethics Commission To Provide For Electronic Filings Accessible To The Public; To Amend Section 8-13-1110 For Technical Changes And To Provide That All Salaried Members Of A Board, Commission, Or Agency Must File A Statement Of Economic Interests And To Remove The Requirement That Directors Of A Division, Institution, Or Facility Must File A Statement Of Economic Interests; To Amend Section 8-13-1120, Relating To Contents Of Statements Of Economic Interest, To Further Provide For These Contents; To Add Sections 8-13-1145 And 8-13-1364 To Provide For Electronic Notice Of Obligation To File A Report With The Appropriate Supervisory Office; To Amend Sections 8-13-1170 And 8-13-1372 To Eliminate Confidentiality Of Technical Violations; To Amend Section 8-13-1300, Relating To Definitions In Regard To Campaign Practices, To Revise Certain Definitions; To Amend Section 8-13-365 To Provide For Electronic Filings With The State Ethics Commission; To Amend Sections 8-13-1308 And 8-13-1309 To Provide For Pre-election Reports To Be Filed Five Days Before An Election; To Add Section 8-13-1311 To Establish Filing Requirements Of Independent Expenditure-only Committees; To Add Section 8-13-1313 To Establish Filing Requirements Of A Person, Who Is Not A Committee, Who Makes An Independent Expenditure; To Add Section 8-13-1315 To Provide Certain Prohibitions Against An Elected Official Or Candidate For Public Office Coordinating With An Independent Expenditure-only Committee; To Amend Section 8-13-1318, Relating To The Acceptance Of Contributions To Retire Campaign Debts, To Require Any Such Contributions To Be Used For This Purpose Only; To Amend Section 8-13-1320 To Provide A Time Frame For When Contributions Are Attributed To A Primary Run-off; To Amend Section 8-13-1322 To Provide That Committee Contribution Limits Do Not Apply To An Independent Expenditure-only Committee; To Amend Section 8-13-1328 To Eliminate Provisions Concerning Candidate Loan Repayments As It Applies To The Candidate's Family Members; To Add Section 8-13-1337, To Clarify Who May Not Solicit Contributions, Nor Provide Employment Advantages Or Disadvantages Based Upon A Contribution; To Amend Section 8-13-1340, As Amended, Relating To Restrictions On Contributions By One Candidate To Another, Or Through Committees Controlled By A Candidate, To Delete An Exception For A Committee, Other Than The Candidate's Committee, Controlled By A Candidate If It Is The Only Such Committee, And To Make Conforming Changes; To Amend Section 8-13-1344 To Provide Restrictions On A Candidate, Committee, Or Political Party From Offering An Incentive To Endorse A Candidate; To Amend Section 8-13-1348 To Prohibit Use Of Campaign Funds To Pay Penalties From Criminal Prosecution And To Provide For Additional Penalties; To Amend Section 8-13-1356 To Require A Candidate For Countywide, Or Less Than Countywide Office, To File A Statement Of Economic Interests; To Repeal Sections 8-13-1160, 8-13-1180, 8-13-1310, 8-13-1350, 8-13-1358, 8-13-1362, And 8-13-1366; And To Provide For Technical And Conforming Changes.

2015 Ethics Reform Act

Sen. Larry Martin [R]	Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]	Sen. Robert Hayes [R]	Sen. George Campsen [R]
Sen. John Courson [R]	Sen. Gerald Malloy [D]	Sen. Michael Fair [R]	Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]
Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

2015-02-11 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 19 N: 24 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-11	Senate	Roll call Ayes-19 Nays-24
2015-02-11	Senate	Second Reading Failed
2015-02-11	Senate	Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted
2015-02-10	Senate	Debate interrupted
2015-02-04	Senate	Debate interrupted
2015-02-03	Senate	Debate interrupted
2015-01-29	Senate	Debate interrupted
2015-01-29	Senate	Committee Amendment Amended
2015-01-28	Senate	Debate interrupted
2015-01-27	Senate	Debate interrupted
2015-01-22		Scrivener's error corrected
2015-01-21	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2014-12-04	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: L.Martin (ch), Rankin, Hutto, Malloy, Campsen, Massey
2015-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-01-13	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2014-12-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2014-12-03	Senate	Prefiled

S0014 (Similar To) 2015-02-05 - Scrivener's error corrected
S0074 (Similar To) 2015-02-05 - Scrivener's error corrected
H3184 (Similar To) 2016-07-07 - Act No. 282
H3185 (Similar To) 2015-03-03 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Corley
H3722 (Similar To) 2015-03-11 - Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	17	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	17	25	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	17	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	17	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	17	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	19	70	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1145	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1160	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1170	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1180	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1300	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1308	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1309	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1311	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1313	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1315	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1318	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1322	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1328	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1337	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1340	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1344	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1348	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1350	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1356	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1358	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1362	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1364	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1366	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1372	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	360	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	365	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	720	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	725	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	755	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	756	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	775	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	790	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	870	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0001&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/1_20141203.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/1_20150121.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/1_20150122.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/1_20150211.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=8960