S 0105 General Bill, By Ritchie, McConnell, Campsen, Courson, Elliott, Richardson, Vaughn, Knotts and Fair
Summary: Judicial Merit Selection Commission
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PLEDGING, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PERSON OR JUDICIAL CANDIDATE FROM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SEEKING THE PLEDGE OF A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGARDING SCREENING FOR ANY JUDICIAL OFFICE UNTIL THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION HAS FORMALLY RELEASED ITS REPORT.
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12/06/06	Senate	Prefiled
12/06/06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/09/07	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-72
01/09/07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-72
01/17/07	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Moore (ch), Ford, Mescher, Rankin, Scott
01/24/07	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-15
01/25/07	Senate	Read second time SJ-25
01/30/07	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-12
01/31/07	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-17
01/31/07	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-17