South Carolina Senate Bill 872 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Relating To Death By Electrocution Or Lethal Injection, 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 The Penalty Must Be Administered By Electrocution For A Person Who Waives The Right Of Election, 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.

Executions

Sen. William Timmons [R]

Sen. Shane Martin [R]

2018-03-06 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 26 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-03-06 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Motion To Carry Over The Bill (Y: 27 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-03-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2018-03-07	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2018-03-06	Senate	Roll call Ayes-26 Nays-12
2018-03-06	Senate	Read second time
2018-03-06	Senate	Amended
2018-03-06	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2018-03-01	Senate	Debate interrupted
2018-02-28	Senate	Special order, set for February 28, 2018
2018-02-06	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Corrections and Penology
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
2018-01-09	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H4615 (Similar To) 2018-01-16 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Tallon

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	3	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0872&session=122&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/872_20180109.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/872_20180206.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/872_20180306.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=14046
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=14047