South Carolina Senate Bill 867 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-25 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 7-13-35, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To The Notice Of General, Municipal, Special, And Primary Elections, So As To Require The Notice To State That The Process Of Examining The Return-addressed Envelopes Containing The Absentee Ballots May Begin At 9:00 A.m. On The Calendar Day Immediately Preceding Election Day; To Amend Section 7-15-420, Relating To The Receipt, Tabulation, And Reporting Of Absentee Ballots, So As To Provide That The Process Of Examining The Return-addressed Envelopes That Have Been Received By The County Board Of Voter Registration And Elections May Begin At 9:00 A.m. On The Calendar Day Immediately Preceding Election Day; To Amend Section 7-15-470, Relating To Absentee Ballots Other Than Paper Ballots, So As To Modify The Requirements Needed To Obtain The State Election Commission Certification Before Using A Nonpaper-based Voting Machine Or Voting System For In-person Absentee Voting; To Require The State Election Commission To Implement A Software Update To Its Electronic Voting Machines To Allow For Challenges To Absentee Votes Cast Using The Machines In An Equivalent Manner To Challenges To Absentee Votes Cast On Electronic Voting Machines In The 2018 General Election; And To Provide That Sections 1, 2, And 3 Of This Act Are Repealed On January 1, 2021.

Election notices

Sen. George Campsen [R]

2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: 3rd Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-25	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-02-25	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-02-25		Scrivener's error corrected
2020-02-20		Scrivener's error corrected
2020-02-20	Senate	Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2020-02-20	Senate	Amended
2020-02-20	Senate	Committee Amendment Withdrawn
2020-02-13	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-29	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2020-01-17	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Massey, McElveen, M.B.Matthews, Gambrell
2020-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2019-12-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-12-11	Senate	Prefiled

H4128 (Similar To) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	13	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	15	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	15	470	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0867&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/867_20191211.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/867_20200129.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/867_20200220.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/867_20200220A.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/867_20200225.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=17249