S 873 South Carolina Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

Judicial qualifications

Summary
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 15, ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND THE CIRCUIT COURT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION, NO PERSON MAY BE ELECTED AS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OR AS AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR AS A JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A JUDGE OF A COURT OF RECORD IN THIS STATE.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 16, 2024
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Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Malloy, Campsen, Sabb, Senn
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Nov 30, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
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