South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3173

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Tinkler and Southard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22680zw15.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: House of Representatives

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2014  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 125)
   1/13/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 125)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-190 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A TERM SERVED FOR WHICH THE ELECTION WAS HELD BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2015, MAY NOT BE COUNTED AS A TERM SERVED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-1-190.    (A)    For purposes of this section, 'service in office for more than one half of a term' is considered service for a term.

(B)    A person is not eligible for election to the House of Representatives if that person has served four terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

(C)    A person is not eligible for election to the Senate if that person has served three terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

(D)    For purposes of the number of terms served in the General Assembly, a term served for which the election was held before January 1, 2015, may not be counted as a term served."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article III of the Constitution of this State authorizing the General Assembly to provide term limitations for its members by statute.

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