S 456 South Carolina Senate · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BEGINNER'S PERMITS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO HOLDS A MOTORCYCLE BEGINNER'S PERMIT WHO HAS FAILED THE MOTORCYCLE DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST THREE OR MORE TIMES MUST COMPLETE SUCCESSFULLY A SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSE, OR ITS EQUIVALENT, IN LIEU OF PASSING THE MOTORCYCLE DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A MOTORCYCLE LICENSE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-770, RELATING TO POINTS REDUCED FOR COMPLETING A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY DRIVER WITH A CLASS M (MOTORCYCLE) ENDORSEMENT WHO HAS ACCUMULATED POINTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL HAVE THE NUMBER OF HIS POINTS REDUCED BY FOUR UPON PROVING TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT HE HAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY A SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSE OR ITS EQUIVALENT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE COURSE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON'S POINTS MAY BE REDUCED MORE THAN ONE TIME IN ANY THREE-YEAR PERIOD. - ratified title

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
House Passage
Jan 2018
Signed into Law
Feb 2018
Introduced Feb 22, 2017 Signed Feb 5, 2018
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Feb 5, 2018
Signed into law
Signed By Governor
legislature
Jan 11, 2018
Lower · Passed
Read third time and enrolled
lower
May 10, 2017
Lower · Passed
Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
lower
Mar 13, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
lower
Mar 13, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Mar 9, 2017
Upper · Passed
Read third time and sent to House
upper
Mar 2, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable Transportation
upper
Feb 22, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Feb 22, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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