Pooling precincts
Summary
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POOLING PRECINCTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT FOR PURPOSES OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, ANY PRECINCT CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND OR MORE VOTERS SHALL HAVE ITS OWN POLLING PLACE, THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL POOLED PRECINCTS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND, AND THAT POOLED MUNICIPAL POLLING PLACES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN THREE MILES FROM THE NEAREST PART OF ANY POOLED PRECINCT. - ratified title
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed May 23, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2021 · House May 11, 2022
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 45
Mar 31, 2021
D
Democratic15
93% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican29
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
5
May 23, 2022
Signed into law
Signed By Governor
legislature
May 12, 2022
Introduced
House recedes from amendment(s)
lower
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Non-concurrence in House amendment
upper
May 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
lower
May 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 11, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (106-1-12)
house
May 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and sent to House
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (43-0-2)
senate
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment Adopted
upper
Mar 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, McLeod, Garrett
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Dec 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom Young
RRepublican
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