H 4974 South Carolina House · 2019-2020 Regular Session

Circuit court judges; divisions; increase number of at-large circuit court judges to 17

Summary
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 14-5-610, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO SIXTEEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS AND ADDITIONAL AT-LARGE JUDGES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AT-LARGE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES FROM SIXTEEN TO SEVENTEEN; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AND ADDITIONAL AT-LARGE JUDGES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AT-LARGE FAMILY COURT JUDGES FROM EIGHT TO TEN.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2020 Last action Feb 19, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 13, 2020

How they voted

905
Passed · 11 other
Total votes 106
Feb 13, 2020
D Democratic38
29 Yea 9
76% Yea
R Republican68
61 Yea 5 Nay 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and sent to Senate
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Feb 13, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-5-11)
house
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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