South Carolina Senate Bill 22 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-04-06 - Read second time
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [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

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]

Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]

Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-06	Senate	Read second time
2022-03-30	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
2022-02-15	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), McLeod, Senn, Adams, Garrett
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-09	Senate	Prefiled

H3213 (Similar To) 2021-01-12 - 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=0022&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/22_20201209.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/22_20220330.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0022%202021-01-12%20introduced.pdf