H 3696 South Carolina House · 2021-2022 Regular Session

Number of judges in certain circuits increased

Summary

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 14-5-610, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO SIXTEEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES BY ONE IN THE SECOND, NINTH, FOURTEENTH, AND FIFTEENTH CIRCUITS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE FIRST, SEVENTH, AND SIXTEENTH CIRCUITS. - ratified title

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Jun 2022

House Passage

Feb 2021

Senate Passage

May 2021

Signed into Law

Jun 2022

Introduced Jan 14, 2021 Signed Jun 17, 2022

Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2021 · House Feb 24, 2021

How they voted

37–3

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 41

May 13, 2021

D Democratic14

14 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

22 Yea 3 Nay 1

84% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 17, 2022

Signed into law

Signed By Governor

legislature

Jun 15, 2022

Upper · Passed

Conference report received and adopted

upper

Apr 6, 2022

Lower · Passed

Conference committee appointed GM Smith, Rutherford, W Newton

lower

Apr 5, 2022

Upper · Passed

Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Rankin, Hutto, Talley

upper

Mar 31, 2022

Introduced

Non-concurrence in Senate amendment

lower

Mar 30, 2022

Lower · Passed

Recalled from Committee on Judiciary

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Committee

Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary

lower

May 13, 2021

Upper · Passed

Read third time and returned to House with amendments

upper

May 13, 2021

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

May 13, 2021

Upper · Passed

Committee Amendment Adopted

upper

May 5, 2021

Upper · Passed

Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

upper

Mar 19, 2021

Committee

Referred to Subcommittee: Young (ch), Sabb, Matthews, Garrett, M.Johnson

upper

Feb 25, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

upper

Feb 25, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and read first time

upper

Feb 25, 2021

Lower · Passed

Read third time and sent to Senate

lower

Feb 24, 2021

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (110-2-9)

house

Feb 18, 2021

Lower · Passed

Committee report: Favorable Judiciary

lower

Jan 14, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

lower

Jan 14, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and read first time

lower

23 primary · 0 co-sponsors