South Carolina Senate Bill 1242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-24 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 23-23-40 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Certification Requirement For Law Enforcement Officers, To Require Law Enforcement Officers To Complete An Approved Field Training Program, To Provide That A Law Enforcement Officer Who Is Not Certified Shall Only Perform His Duties As A Law Enforcement Officer Under Certain Circumstances And While Accompanied By A Certified Law Enforcement Officer, And To Provide That A Law Enforcement Officer Who Is Granted An Exception For Failing To Secure Certification Within One Year Of His Date Of Employment Shall Be Granted The Exception For A Period Not Longer Than Ninety Days And Shall Only Perform His Duties As A Law Enforcement Officer While Accompanied By A Certified Law Enforcement Officer.

Officer certification requirements

Sen. Shane Massey [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]	Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]	Sen. George Campsen [R]
Sen. Scott Talley [R]	Sen. Ross Turner [R]	Sen. Sean Bennett [R]	Sen. Paul Campbell [R]
Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Sen. Chauncey Gregory [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]
Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Thomas Davis [R]	Sen. Hugh Leatherman [R]
Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]	Sen. Stephen Goldfinch [R]	Sen. Sandra Senn [R]	Sen. Thomas Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-24	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-06-24	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	23	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1242&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/1242_20200624.htm