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| Bill | Judicial Merit Selection Commission | AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF TITLE 2, RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION MEMBERS, INITIAL TERMS, AND SUBSEQUENT TERMS; TO AMEND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP TO TWELVE MEMBERS, INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; TO PROVIDE A QUORUM IS SEVEN MEMBERS, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; TO PROVIDE FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS OF MEMBERS; TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS BE LIVE STREAMED EXCEPT WHEN THE COMMISSION IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION; TO ESTABLISH SET TIMES FOR THE RELEASE OF REPORTS AND THE SEEKING OF PLEDGES AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE FORMAL RELEASE OF THE REPORT OF QUALIFICATIONS SHALL OCCUR NO EARLIER THAN TWELVE DAYS AFTER NOMINEES HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NOMINEES RELEASED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM THREE TO SIX; TO REQUIRE MIDTERM REVIEWS OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES AND PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR TO CONDUCT THE REVIEW; TO REQUIRE THE RETENTION OF INVESTIGATIVE MATERIALS; TO PROHIBIT VOTE COUNTING BEFORE THE FORMAL RELEASE OF THE REPORT; TO REQUIRE THE REPORT TO INCLUDE THE PARTICULAR REASONS WHEN CANDIDATES WERE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED; TO PROVIDE TWENTY-TWO DAYS MUST ELAPSE BETWEEN THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S NOMINATIONS AND THE ELECTIONS FOR THESE JUDGESHIPS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING SHALL PREVENT A LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FROM REJECTING A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MASTER-IN-EQUITY AND DIRECTING THE COMMISSION TO REOPEN THE SCREENING PROCESS. - RATIFIED TITLE | us/states/sc | South Carolina General Assembly | 2023-2024 | S 1046 | South Carolina S 1046 (2023-2024) |
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South Carolina S 1046 (2023-2024) — Judicial Merit Selection Commission
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF TITLE 2, RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION MEMBERS, INITIAL TERMS, AND SUBSEQUENT TERMS; TO AMEND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP TO TWELVE MEMBERS, INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; TO PROVIDE A QUORUM IS SEVEN MEMBERS, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; TO PROVIDE FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS OF MEMBERS; TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS BE LIVE STREAMED EXCEPT WHEN THE COMMISSION IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION; TO ESTABLISH SET TIMES FOR THE RELEASE OF REPORTS AND THE SEEKING OF PLEDGES AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE FORMAL RELEASE OF THE REPORT OF QUALIFICATIONS SHALL OCCUR NO EARLIER THAN TWELVE DAYS AFTER NOMINEES HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NOMINEES RELEASED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM THREE TO SIX; TO REQUIRE MIDTERM REVIEWS OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES AND PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR TO CONDUCT THE REVIEW; TO REQUIRE THE RETENTION OF INVESTIGATIVE MATERIALS; TO PROHIBIT VOTE COUNTING BEFORE THE FORMAL RELEASE OF THE REPORT; TO REQUIRE THE REPORT TO INCLUDE THE PARTICULAR REASONS WHEN CANDIDATES WERE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED; TO PROVIDE TWENTY-TWO DAYS MUST ELAPSE BETWEEN THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S NOMINATIONS AND THE ELECTIONS FOR THESE JUDGESHIPS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING SHALL PREVENT A LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FROM REJECTING A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MASTER-IN-EQUITY AND DIRECTING THE COMMISSION TO REOPEN THE SCREENING PROCESS. - RATIFIED TITLE
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Filed (filed) — source
- 02/14/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 02/15/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/14/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/19/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/06/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/07/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 06/26/2024 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Adopt Conference Report — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- to set for Special Order — 31–11 (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
- Table Amendment 3 — 92–22 (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–104 (fail) · lower
- Passage of Bill — 112–6 (pass) · lower
- to adopt amendment #2 — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- to adopt the conference report — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Cash — primary (person)
- Climer — primary (person)
- Corbin — primary (person)
- Cromer — primary (person)
- Fanning — primary (person)
- Gambrell — primary (person)
- Grooms — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Harpootlian — primary (person)
- Hembree — primary (person)
- Kimbrell — primary (person)
- Loftis — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- McLeod — primary (person)
- Peeler — primary (person)
- Reichenbach — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Shealy — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Verdin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-02-14 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2024-02-15 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-02-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-02-28 Special order, set for February 28, 2024
- 2024-02-28 Roll call Ayes-31 Nays-11
- 2024-02-29 Debate interrupted
- 2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-03-06 Debate interrupted
- 2024-03-07 Debate interrupted
- 2024-03-14 Amended
amendment-passage - 2024-03-14 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-03-14 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- 2024-03-19 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-03-19 Read third time and sent to House
passage, reading-3 - 2024-03-19 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- 2024-03-20 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2024-03-20 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2024-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-05-02 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Ott, Hiott, B Newton, Felder, Carter, W Newton, O'Neal, Ligon, Session, Harris, T Moore, Magnuson, Guest, BL Cox, Cromer, Oremus, West, Anderson, Hewitt, Hosey, Kirby, JA Moore Cobb-Hunter, Spann-Wilder, Bauer, Robbins, Whitmire, Brewer, White, Chumley, Dilliard, W Jones, Wheeler, Weeks, May, Killmartin, Wetmore, Stavreinakis, Ballentine, Wooten, Caskey, Hager, McDaniel, Herbkersman
- 2024-05-06 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-05-07 Amended
amendment-passage - 2024-05-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-05-07 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-6
- 2024-05-08 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2024-05-08 Amended
amendment-passage - 2024-05-08 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- 2024-05-08 Returned to House with amendments
- 2024-05-09 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
- 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-104
- 2024-05-09 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Rankin, Malloy, Massey
- 2024-05-09 Conference committee appointed W Newton, Caskey, Stavrinakis
- 2024-06-26 Conference report received and adopted
- 2024-06-26 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
- 2024-06-26 Conference report received and adopted
- 2024-06-26 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-0
- 2024-06-26 Ordered enrolled for ratification
- 2024-06-27 Ratified R 244
- 2024-07-02 Signed By Governor
executive-signature - 2024-07-17 Effective date 07/01/25
- 2024-07-17 Act No. 219
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39eb3b6c-dd01-4fdb-a046-7a2898172d89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).