South Carolina Senate Bill 146

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on May 25 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-25 - Act No. 19
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #7) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 44-48-115 And 44-48-180 So As To Provide For The Right To Challenge Commitment To The Sexually Violent Predator Treatment Program Based On Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel And To Give Priority Status To Sexually Violent Predator Cases For Purposes Of Scheduling Court Proceedings, Respectively; By Amending Sections 44-48-30, 44-48-40, 44-48-50, 44-48-80, 44-48-90, 44-48-100, 44-48-110, 44-48-120, 44-48-130, 44-48-150, And 44-48-160, All Relating To The Sexually Violent Predator Act, So As To Add Definitions For "qualified Evaluator" And "resident" And Change The Definition Of "likely To Engage In Acts Of Sexual Violence", To Establish Effective Dates For The Granting Of Supervised Reentry, To Require Multidisciplinary Teams To Determine Whether There Is Probable Cause To Believe A Person Is A Sexually Violent Predator, To Provide For The Use Of Court-appointed Qualified Evaluators And To Establish Certain Timelines For Evaluations, To Allow For The Use Of Independent, Qualified Evaluators In Certain Circumstances, To Require Courts To Conduct A Nonjury Hearing Before Release Of A Person Found Incompetent To Stand Trial, To Establish Certain Benchmarks For Additional Reviews Of Mental Conditions, To Establish Certain Requirements Regarding Evaluators In Proceedings On Petitions For Release, To Allow Access To Sealed Court Records By The Attorney General And Other Counsel Of Record, To Make Conforming Changes, And For Other Purposes; And By Amending Section 24-21-32, Relating To Reentry Supervision, So As To Make Inmates Determined To Be Sexually Violent Predators Ineligible For Reentry Supervision. - Ratified Title

Sexually Violent Predators Act

Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]

Sen. Stephen Goldfinch [R]

Sen. George Campsen [R]

2023-05-04 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 104 N: 0 NV: 16 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-30 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-25		Act No. 19
2023-05-25		Effective date 05/16/23
2023-05-16		Signed By Governor
2023-05-11		Ratified R 26
2023-05-05	House	Read third time and enrolled
2023-05-04	House	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
2023-05-04	House	Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
2023-05-04	House	Read second time
2023-05-03	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
2023-04-05	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-04-05	House	Introduced and read first time
2023-04-03		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-03-31		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-03-30	Senate	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
2023-03-30	Senate	Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
2023-03-30	Senate	Read second time
2023-03-30	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2023-03-29	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2023-03-03	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Matthews, Rice, Senn, Adams
2023-02-09	Senate	Committed to Committee on Judiciary
2023-02-09	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Medical Affairs
2023-02-08		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2022-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2022-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

H3233 (Similar To) 2023-03-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey, Trantham, West, Vaughan

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	21	32	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	115	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	180	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	50	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	48	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0146&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20221130.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20230208.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20230329.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20230330.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20230331.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20230403.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/146_20230504.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0146%202023-01-10%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=22639
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=23045