South Carolina House Bill 3623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-6)
Status: Engrossed on April 29 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-22 - Committed to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 24-13-150, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To The Early Release Of An Inmate, So As To Reduce The Percentage Of Time An Inmate Who Has Committed A "no Parole Offense" Must Serve Before He May Become Eligible For Early Release, Discharge, Or Community Supervision From Eighty-five Percent To Sixty-five Percent For Certain Drug Offenses, And To Provide This Reduction Applies To Inmates Currently Incarcerated Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 44-53-370, Relating To The Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, And Trafficking Of Controlled Substances, So As To Revise The Penalties And Weight Presumptions, And Eliminate Mandatory Minimum Sentences; And To Amend Section 44-53-375, Relating To The Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, And Trafficking Of Methamphetamine, Cocaine Base, Or Other Controlled Substances, So As To Revise The Penalties And Weight Presumptions, And Eliminate Mandatory Minimum Sentences.

Early release of an inmate

Rep. Christopher Murphy [R]	Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]	Rep. Mandy Kimmons [R]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]
Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]	Rep. James Lucas [R]	Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]
Rep. Max Hyde [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Ivory Thigpen [D]	Rep. William Wheeler [D]
Rep. Robert Williams [D]	Rep. Chardale Murray [D]	Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]	Rep. Michael Rivers [D]
Rep. Wendy Brawley [D]	Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Shedron Williams [D]	Rep. John King [D]
Rep. Terry Alexander [D]	Rep. Annie McDaniel [D]	Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers [D]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]

2021-04-28 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 62 N: 45 NV: 13 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-22	Senate	Committed to Committee on Judiciary
2022-02-22	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Corrections and Penology
2021-04-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
2021-04-29	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2021-04-29	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2021-04-28	House	Roll call Yeas-62 Nays-45
2021-04-28	House	Read second time
2021-04-28	House	Amended
2021-04-28	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson, S.Williams, King, Alexander, McDaniel, Henderson-Myers, Govan
2021-04-27	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers, Brawley
2021-04-27	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2021-04-22	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams, Murray, Gilliard
2021-04-21	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time

S0170 (Similar To) 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
H3994 (Similar To) 2021-03-24 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hill

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	13	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	53	370	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	53	375	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3623&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3623_20210112.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3623_20210421.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3623_20210428.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/H3623%202021-01-12%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/H3623%202021-04-28%20amended.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19427