republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-200.md

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Bill	Executions	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION OR LETHAL INJECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SENTENCED TO DEATH SHALL SUFFER THE PENALTY BY ELECTROCUTION OR BY FIRING SQUAD OR LETHAL INJECTION, IF LETHAL INJECTION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF ELECTION, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ELECTION EXPIRES AND MUST BE RENEWED IN WRITING IF THE CONVICTED PERSON RECEIVES A STAY OF EXECUTION OR THE EXECUTION DATE HAS PASSED, TO PROVIDE THAT A PENALTY MUST BE ADMINISTERED BY ELECTROCUTION FOR A PERSON WHO WAIVES HIS RIGHT OF ELECTION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL DETERMINE AND CERTIFY TO THE SUPREME COURT WHETHER THE METHOD SELECTED IS AVAILABLE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MANNER OF INFLICTING A DEATH SENTENCE MUST BE ELECTROCUTION, UNLESS THE PERSON ELECTS DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD, IF EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION IS UNAVAILABLE OR IS HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY AN APPELLATE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 200	South Carolina S 200 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Gustafson Hembree Kimbrell Martin Shealy Turner	8	27	11	2020-12-09	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/be7d7d4e-5f30-4e95-abac-801c1931c231	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=200&session=124&summary=B	773660d45c36cad9e8e4f80988f6ace0a88389e1b2374d288d6b0d551fb740e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 200 (2021-2022) — Executions

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION OR LETHAL INJECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SENTENCED TO DEATH SHALL SUFFER THE PENALTY BY ELECTROCUTION OR BY FIRING SQUAD OR LETHAL INJECTION, IF LETHAL INJECTION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF ELECTION, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ELECTION EXPIRES AND MUST BE RENEWED IN WRITING IF THE CONVICTED PERSON RECEIVES A STAY OF EXECUTION OR THE EXECUTION DATE HAS PASSED, TO PROVIDE THAT A PENALTY MUST BE ADMINISTERED BY ELECTROCUTION FOR A PERSON WHO WAIVES HIS RIGHT OF ELECTION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL DETERMINE AND CERTIFY TO THE SUPREME COURT WHETHER THE METHOD SELECTED IS AVAILABLE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MANNER OF INFLICTING A DEATH SENTENCE MUST BE ELECTROCUTION, UNLESS THE PERSON ELECTS DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD, IF EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION IS UNAVAILABLE OR IS HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY AN APPELLATE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/3/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/3/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/28/2021 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/5/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Table Amendment 12 — 73–28 (pass) · lower
• to lay on the table — 28–15 (pass) · upper
• to concur — 32–11 (pass) · upper
• to lay on the table — 32–12 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 14 — 75–28 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 32–11 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 13 — 75–30 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 3 — 70–38 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 65–43 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 66–43 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 2 — 72–34 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Kimbrell — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Polled out of committee Corrections and Penology
• 2021-02-02 Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-02 Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-11
• 2021-03-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-03 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-04 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Murphy, Gatch, Finlay, Wetmore, Weeks, Rose, Garvin, Teeder, Fry, Hart, S Williams, Hosey, Jefferson, Forrest, Murray, Gilliard, Bamberg, McDaniel, Collins, Henderson-Myeres, Anderson, Ott, Pope, Taylor, Hixon, Dilliard, Robinson, McGarry
• 2021-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-05 Roll call Yeas-66 Nays-43
• 2021-05-06 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-06 Roll call Yeas-65 Nays-43
• 2021-05-12 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2021-05-12 Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-11
• 2021-05-13 Ratified R 56
• 2021-05-14 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/14/21
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 43

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be7d7d4e-5f30-4e95-abac-801c1931c231. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).