South Carolina House Bill 3297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 63-19-820, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Placing Children In An Adult Jail, So As To Eliminate The Exception For Children To Be Tried As An Adult And To Decrease The Length Of Time That A Child May Be Held In A Juvenile Detention Facility For Committing A Status Offense Or For Violating A Related Court Order; To Amend Section 63-19-1020, Relating To The Right Of Certain Persons And Entities Injured By Delinquent Acts Of A Child To Institute Legal Proceedings Against The Child, So As To Require That The Child And His Family Seek Counseling When The Status Offense Is Of Incorrigibility; To Amend Section 63-19-1440, Relating To Commitment Of Certain Children To The Department Of Juvenile Justice, So As To Distinguish Between Status And Criminal Offenses And To Change The Requirements For Court Orders; To Amend Section 63-19-1810, Relating To Determination Of Release Of Juveniles Adjudicated Delinquent By The Department, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And To Amend Section 63-19-2050, As Amended, Relating To Expungement Of Certain Court Records, So As To Provide For The Automatic Expungement Of A Juvenile's Records For Status Offenses, With Exceptions.

Children placed in adult jails

Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Neal Collins [R]	Rep. William Clyburn [D]
Rep. Mandy Norrell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-12-18	House	Prefiled

S0022 (Similar To) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	19	1020	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	1440	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	1810	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	2050	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	19	820	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3297&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3297_20181218.htm