South Carolina Senate Bill 238

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Scrivener's error corrected
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-1-180, Relating To Adjournment Of General Assembly And Conditions For Extended Session, So As To Provide That The Date For Sine Die Adjournment Is Automatically Extended If The House Of Representatives Does Not Give Third Reading To The Annual Appropriations Act On Or Before March Tenth, So As To Provide That The President Of The Senate And The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives May Call Their Respective Bodies Into Session After The Sine Die Adjournment Date To Finish Any Unfinished Business Relating To The General Appropriations Bill Or Capital Reserve Fund Resolution, To Provide The Time Period During Which The Senate And The House Of Representatives May Be Called Back To Complete The Unfinished Business Relating To The General Appropriations Bill Or Capital Reserve Fund Resolution; And To Provide For The Tolling Of The One Hundred Twenty-day Period That The General Assembly Has To Review State Regulations.

Sine Die

Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]

Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]

Sen. Shane Massey [R]

Sen. Luke Rankin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-30		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-01-29	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-16	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	1	180	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0238&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/238_20250116.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/238_20250129.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/238_20250130.htm