South Carolina House Bill 3197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-13 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 8-13-1314, As Amended, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Campaign Contribution Limits And Restrictions, So As To Increase South Carolina's Individual Campaign Contribution Limits For Statewide Candidates, Statewide Candidates Elected Jointly, And Candidates For Other Than Statewide Office; And To Amend Section 8-13-1316, Relating To Restrictions On Campaign Contributions Received From Political Parties, So As To Increase Contribution Limits That A Candidate For Other Than Statewide Office May Receive From A Political Party Through Its Party Committees Or Legislative Caucus Committees, And To Provide That During An Election Cycle, There Is No Spending Limitation On Political Party Expenditures Through Its Party Committees Or Legislative Caucus Committees That Benefit Party Candidates; Provided, These Party Expenditures Are Not Campaign Contributions Given To Candidates.

Campaign contribution limits

Rep. Brandon Newton [R]

Rep. Sandy McGarry [R]

Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-09	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	13	1314	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	13	1316	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3197&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3197_20201209.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/H3197%202021-01-12%20introduced.pdf