Increasing the criminal penalty for mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person when the victim is a resident of an adult care home, adding definitions related to defendants who abscond from supervision in the criminal procedure code and for parole and clarifying that bond agents seeking discharge as a surety are required to return the person released on bond to the court in the county where the complaint subject to the bond was filed, requiring the department of corrections to develop guidance to be used by parole officers when responding to violations of parole and postrelease supervision and that incentivize compliant behavior, and authorizing court services officers and community corrections officers to provide a certification of identification to offenders for use to obtain a new driver's license.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Jan 22, 2021
Signed May 26, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2021 · House Feb 11, 2021
How they voted
38–0
Passed
Total votes 38
Mar 31, 2021
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
17
Committee
10
May 26, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Monday, May 17, 2021
lower
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
lower
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
upper
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
upper
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 12, 2021
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 101 Nay: 22
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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