South Carolina Senate Bill 901 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2010 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-06-16 - Roll call Yeas-12 Nays-98 HJ-354

A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-3-500, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR LEAVES THE STATE, HE MUST NOTIFY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WHETHER OR NOT THE POWER OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR; AND BY ADDING SECTION 1-3-630, SO AS TO DEFINE "EMERGENCY", "FULL AUTHORITY", AND "TEMPORARY ABSENCE" IN ORDER TO CLARIFY WHEN A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS THE FULL AUTHORITY TO ACT IN AN EMERGENCY IN THE EVENT OF THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF THE GOVERNOR FROM THE STATE.

Define "emergency", "full Authority", And "temporary Absence" In Order To Clarify When A Lieutenant Governor Has The Full Authority To Act In An Emergency In The Event Of The Temporary Absence Of The Governor From The State.

Sen. John Courson [R]

Sen. Dick Elliott [D]

Sen. Glenn McConnell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-16		Roll call Yeas-12 Nays-98 HJ-354
2010-06-16		Conference report rejected HJ-354
2010-06-16		Conference report received and adopted SJ-51
2010-06-15		Conference committee appointed Harrison, McLeod, and GR Smith HJ-97
2010-06-15		Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed L. Martin, Knotts, and Coleman SJ-62
2010-06-03		Roll call Yeas-1 Nays-92 HJ-65
2010-06-03		Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-65
2010-06-01		Returned to House with amendments SJ-150
2010-06-01		House amendment amended SJ-150
2010-05-25		Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-12
2010-05-20		Read second time HJ-17
2010-05-20		Amended HJ-17
2010-05-19		Debate interrupted HJ-27
2010-05-12		Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-8
2010-02-04		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-25
2010-02-04		Introduced and read first time HJ-24
2010-02-03		Read third time and sent to House SJ-40
2010-02-02		Read second time SJ-15
2010-01-28		Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-30
2010-01-28		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-01-27		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-14
2010-01-12		Referred to Subcommittee: L.Martin (ch), Knotts, Campbell, Coleman, Nicholson
2010-01-12		Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-11
2010-01-12		Introduced and read first time SJ-11
2009-12-09		Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2009-12-09		Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1	3	500	(n/a)	See Bill Text
1	3	630	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=901&session=118