South Carolina House Bill 3829 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Introduced on March 31 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, Millwood, Haley, Hamilton, Stringer, Bedingfield, Viers, Toole, Nanney, E.H.Pitts
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 27 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"; TO PROVIDE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW, A PERSON SEEKING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE MUST SUBMIT TO CERTAIN RANDOM DRUG TESTS; TO PROVIDE A PERSON WHO TWICE FAILS THIS RANDOM DRUG TEST MAY NOT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND TO PROVIDE AN AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERS THIS TEST TO A PERSON WHO TWICE FAILS THE TEST IMMEDIATELY SHALL TERMINATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS IT PAYS HIM.

Define The Term "public Assistance"; To Provide, Except As Otherwise Prohibited By Law, A Person Seeking Public Assistance Must Submit To Certain Random Drug Tests; To Provide A Person Who Twice Fails This Random Drug Test May Not Receive Additional Public Assistance; And To Provide An Agency That Administers This Test To A Person Who Twice Fails The Test Immediately Shall Terminate Public Assistance Benefits It Pays Him.

Rep. Nathan Ballentine [R]	Rep. Eric Bedingfield [R]	Rep. Harry Cato [R]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R]
Rep. Daniel Hamilton [R]	Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. Harry Limehouse [R]	Rep. Lanny Littlejohn [R]
Rep. Joey Millwood [R]	Rep. Wendy Nanney [R]	Rep. Phillip Owens [R]	Rep. Edward Pitts [R]
Rep. Nikki Randhawa Haley [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Rep. Gary Simrill [R]	Rep. Michael Sottile [R]
Rep. Tommy Stringer [R]	Rep. McLain Toole [R]	Rep. Thad Viers [R]	Rep. Annette Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-02		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, Millwood, Haley, Hamilton, Stringer, Bedingfield, Viers, Toole, Nanney, E.H.Pitts
2009-03-31		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-67
2009-03-31		Introduced and read first time HJ-67

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=3829&session=118