republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3742.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 24-21-230 AND 24-21-280, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES' AGENTS, HEARING OFFICERS, AND STAFF, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY EMPLOY OFFENDER SUPERVISION SPECIALISTS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THESE EMPLOYEES, AND PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFYING OFFENDERS AS STANDARD AND LOW-RISK, AND TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF AN OFFENDER SUPERVISION SPECIALIST. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 24-21-230 AND 24-21-280, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES' AGENTS, HEARING OFFICERS, AND STAFF, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY EMPLOY OFFENDER SUPERVISION SPECIALISTS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THESE EMPLOYEES, AND PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFYING OFFENDERS AS STANDARD AND LOW-RISK, AND TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF AN OFFENDER SUPERVISION SPECIALIST. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3742	South Carolina H 3742 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Pitts	3	19	2	2017-02-14	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/0ff557f9-bc33-43b3-8d6c-1bb1ceac5e0f	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3742&session=122&summary=B	c758a8d5e5bbe65e1df65fe037046606cabe91aec29069547cda808f819cbeb7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3742 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 24-21-230 AND 24-21-280, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES' AGENTS, HEARING OFFICERS, AND STAFF, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY EMPLOY OFFENDER SUPERVISION SPECIALISTS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THESE EMPLOYEES, AND PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFYING OFFENDERS AS STANDARD AND LOW-RISK, AND TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF AN OFFENDER SUPERVISION SPECIALIST. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 2/14/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/25/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pitts — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-02 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-03-02 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2017-03-23 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2017-03-24 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2017-05-10 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 111
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date 5/19/17
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 75

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ff557f9-bc33-43b3-8d6c-1bb1ceac5e0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).