South Carolina Senate Bill 51

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-07-27 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-1-200, Relating To The Establishment Of Salaries Of Supreme Court Justices And Court Of Appeals, Circuit Court, And Family Court Judges, So As To Provide The Salary Of The Chief Justice And To Provide For A Two Percent Annual Increase In A Fiscal Year In Which Compensation Is Increased For All Full-time State-appropriated Employees; By Amending Section 1-7-325, Relating To Compensation For Solicitors, So As To Provide That A Solicitor's Salary Is Not Directly Tied To A Percentage Of The Salaries Of Supreme Court Justices Or Court Of Appeals, Circuit Court, Or Family Court Judges; And By Amending Section 22-8-40(b)(2), Relating To Magistrates' Salaries, So As To Provide That Magistrates' Salaries Are Determined By The Annual General Appropriations Act And Are Not Directly Tied To A Percentage Of The Salaries Of Supreme Court Justices Or Court Of Appeals, Circuit Court, Or Family Court Judges.

Judges, Magistrates, and Solicitors salaries

Sen. Gerald Malloy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-07-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2022-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1	7	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
14	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	8	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0051&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/51_20223011.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/51_20221130.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/51_20230727.htm