South Carolina Senate Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-23 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 2-19-10 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, To Provide That Two Members Of The Commission Must Be Appointed From Each Congressional District, To Provide That The Governor May Appoint One Member From The State At Large, To Provide For The Appointment Of Members By Legislative Delegations, To Limit Membership On The Commission To Two Terms, To Prohibit Members Of The General Assembly From Serving On The Commission, To Provide That The Commission Shall Select Its Officers, To Provide That Former Members Of The General Assembly Must Be Out Of Office For Five Years Before Serving On The Commission, And To Provide That Practicing Attorneys, Current Judges, And Former Judges May Not Serve On The Commission.

Judicial Merit Selection Commission

Sen. Thomas Corbin [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]
Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]
Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Sen. Richard Harpootlian [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-23	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-02-23	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	19	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0594&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/594_20210223.htm