A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-5-6410 AND 56-5-6420, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN CHILDREN MUST BE SECURED IN A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM WHILE TRAVELING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN IN A VEHICLE WITH AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CHILD RESTRAINT DEVICES, SO AS TO REVISE THE AGE, WEIGHT, AND POSITION OF A CHILD WHO MUST BE SECURED IN A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Apr 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2017
Last action Apr 18, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Apr 6, 2017
How they voted
42–0
Passed
Total votes 42
Apr 6, 2017
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 18, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
lower
Apr 18, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Apr 7, 2017
Upper · Passed
Read third time and sent to House
upper
Apr 6, 2017
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Apr 6, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-0)
senate
Apr 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable Transportation
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
Polled out of committee Transportation
upper
Feb 28, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brad Hutto
DDemocratic
P
Darrell Jackson
DDemocratic
P
Katrina Shealy
RRepublican
P
Thomas McElveen
DDemocratic
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