South Carolina Senate Bill 658 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on June 1 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-01 - Act No. 62
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend Section 1-11-710, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To The Board Of Directors Of The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority Making Insurance Available To Active And Retired Employees, So As To Provide That The Public Employee Benefit Authority May Establish Rules For Eligibility And Enrollment For Fully Insured Insurance Products For Which It Is The Plan Sponsor And To Provide That Medical Evidence Of Insurability Shall Not Be Required Sooner Than Thirty Days From The Date A Person Is First Eligible To Enroll In A Fully Insured Insurance Product; To Amend Section 9-1-1650, As Amended, Relating To Amounts Paid Upon The Termination Of Employment Under The South Carolina Retirement System, So As To Provide That A Member Who Is Not Retired May Name Contingent Beneficiaries In The Same Manner As Primary Beneficiaries, To Provide That A Contingent Beneficiary Does Not Have Certain Rights Unless All Primary Beneficiaries Have Predeceased The Member And The Member's Death Occurs Before Retirement, And To Provide That A Member May Not Name A Contingent Beneficiary For Death Benefits Under A Preretirement Death Benefit Program; To Amend Section 9-8-110, Relating To Payments On The Death Of A Member Or Beneficiary Under The Retirement System For Judges And Solicitors, So As To Provide That A Member Who Is Not Retired May Name Secondary Beneficiaries In The Same Manner As Primary Beneficiaries, To Provide That A Secondary Beneficiary Does Not Have Certain Rights Unless All Primary Beneficiaries Have Predeceased The Member And The Member's Death Occurs Before Retirement, And To Provide That A Member May Not Name A Secondary Beneficiary For Death Benefits Under A Preretirement Death Benefit Program; To Amend Section 9-9-100, As Amended, Relating To Payments On The Death Of A Member Or Beneficiary Under The Retirement System For Members Of The General Assembly, So As To Provide That A Member Who Is Not Retired May Name Contingent Beneficiaries In The Same Manner As Primary Beneficiaries, To Provide That A Contingent Beneficiary Does Not Have Certain Rights Unless All Primary Beneficiaries Have Predeceased The Member And The Member's Death Occurs Before Retirement, And To Provide That A Member May Not Name A Contingent Beneficiary For Death Benefits Under A Preretirement Death Benefit Program; To Amend Section 9-11-110, As Amended, Relating To The Lump Sum Paid In The Event Of A Death Under The Police Officers Retirement System, So As To Provide That A Member Who Is Not Retired May Name Contingent Beneficiaries In The Same Manner As Primary Beneficiaries, To Provide That A Contingent Beneficiary Does Not Have Certain Rights Unless All Primary Beneficiaries Have Predeceased The Member And The Member's Death Occurs Before Retirement, And To Provide That A Member May Not Name A Contingent Beneficiary For Death Benefits Under A Preretirement Death Benefit Program; And To Repeal Chapter 2, Title 9 Relating To The Retirement And Preretirement Advisory Panel. - Ratified Title

Retirement systems secondary beneficiaries

Sen. Sean Bennett [R]

2021-05-11 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 97 N: 9 NV: 13 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-05-11 - House - House: Table Amendment 1 Amendment Number 1 (Y: 63 N: 39 NV: 17 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-04-07 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-01		Act No. 62
2021-06-01		Effective date See Act for Effective Date
2021-05-17		Signed By Governor
2021-05-13		Ratified R 76
2021-05-12	House	Read third time and enrolled
2021-05-11	House	Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-9
2021-05-11	House	Read second time
2021-05-11	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2021-05-06	House	Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-11-21
2021-05-04	House	Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means
2021-04-13	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2021-04-13	House	Introduced and read first time
2021-04-08	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2021-04-07	Senate	Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
2021-04-07	Senate	Read second time
2021-04-01		Scrivener's error corrected
2021-03-31	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Finance
2021-03-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2021-03-11	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1	11	710	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	1650	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	11	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	8	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	9	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0658&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/658_20210311.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/658_20210331.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/658_20210401.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/658_20210504.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/S0658%202021-03-11%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19112
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19657
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=19658