H*4469 (Rat #0518, Act #0448 of 1996) General Bill, By Wilkins, J. Brown, Cato, Harrison, Haskins, Sharpe, D. Smith and Townsend
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    A Bill to enact the "South Carolina Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996" including provisions to add Section 16-3-21, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, so as to provide for verbal instructions to the jury concerning discussion of the verdict in all cases in which a defendant is sentenced to death; to amend Section 17-25-380, relating to notices of the intent to execute a death sentence, so as to further provide for these notice requirements; to add Section 17-27-130 so as to provide for circumstances when the attorney-client privilege is deemed waived in post-conviction proceedings or collateral relief procedures, and to provide for certain access of new counsel to the files of prior counsel in cases of defendants sentenced to death; to add Section 17-27-150 so as to provide the conditions under which a party in capital and noncapital post-conviction relief proceedings is entitled to invoke the process of discovery; and to add Section 17-27-160 so as to provide for the manner in which defendants sentenced to death must file applications for post-conviction relief, to provide for the assignment of judges to handle these applications, to further provide for the appointment and compensation of counsel in these proceedings, and to provide for other procedural matters including the certain time limitations in these capital post-conviction relief proceedings.-amended title
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01/18/96	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-6
01/18/96	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-7
04/09/96	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-5
04/11/96	House	Objection by Rep. Harrison, Sheheen, Limbaugh, R. Smith, Klauber, Davenport, Mason, Hodges & S. Whipper HJ-17
04/24/96	House	Amended HJ-475
04/24/96	House	Read second time HJ-478
04/24/96	House	Roll call Yeas-80 Nays-12 HJ-478
04/25/96	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-89
04/29/96	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-12
04/29/96	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-12
05/15/96	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary SJ-16
05/28/96	Senate	Special order SJ-52
05/29/96	Senate	Read second time SJ-81
05/29/96	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-81
05/30/96	Senate	Amended SJ-95
05/30/96	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-95
06/12/96	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-7
06/13/96		Ratified R 518
06/18/96		Signed By Governor
06/18/96		Effective date 06/18/96
07/02/96		Copies available
07/02/96		Act No. 448