SC S0176 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-22 - Debate adjourned
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-22 - Debate adjourned
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Amend Section 24-3-530, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Death By Electrocution Or Lethal Injection, So As To Provide That A Person Convicted Of A Capital Crime And Having Imposed Upon Him The Sentence Of Death Shall Suffer The Penalty By Electrocution Or, At The Election Of The Person, Lethal Injection, If It Is Available At The Time Of Election, Under The Direction Of The Director Of The Department Of Corrections, To Provide That If The Convicted Person Receives A Stay Of Execution Or The Execution Date Has Passed, The Election Expires And Must Be Renewed In Writing, To Provide That The Penalty Must Be Administered By Electrocution For A Person Who Waives The Right Of Election, To Provide That The Director Of The Department Of Corrections Shall Determine And Certify To The Supreme Court Whether The Method Selected Is Available, To Provide That A Convicted Person's Signature Must Be Witnessed By Two Persons Whose Signatures Must Be Notarized And Certifies That The Convicted Person's Signature Was Made Free From Coercion And Voluntarily Given, And To Provide That If Execution By Lethal Injection Under This Section Is Unavailable Or Is Held To Be Unconstitutional By An Appellate Court Of Competent Jurisdiction, Then The Manner Of Inflicting A Death Sentence Must Be Electrocution Regardless Of The Method Elected By The Person.
Title
Executions
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 4 (Y: 1 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - Senate - Senate: To Set For Special Order (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - Senate - Senate: To Set For Special Order (Y: 26 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2020-09-22 | House | Debate adjourned |
2020-09-16 | House | Requests for debate-Rep |
2020-09-15 | House | Debate adjourned until Wed., 9-16-20 |
2020-05-12 | House | Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-13-20 |
2020-04-08 | House | Debate adjourned |
2020-03-12 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
2020-03-11 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
2019-01-31 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
2019-01-31 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
2019-01-31 | House | Introduced and read first time |
2019-01-31 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House |
2019-01-30 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-26 Nays-13 |
2019-01-30 | Senate | Read second time |
2019-01-30 | Senate | Amended |
2019-01-29 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-26 Nays-13 |
2019-01-29 | Senate | Special order, set for January 29, 2019 |
2019-01-24 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
2019-01-23 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology |
2019-01-23 | Senate | Polled out of committee Corrections and Penology |
2019-01-08 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology |
2019-01-08 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
2018-12-12 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology |
2018-12-12 | Senate | Prefiled |
Same As/Similar To
H3301 (Similar To) 2019-04-04 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Martin
H4417 (Similar To) 2019-04-23 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Atkinson
H4417 (Similar To) 2019-04-23 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Atkinson