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A283, R307, H3186
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Finlay, Cole, Anderson, Bales, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Felder, Funderburk, Hart, Knight, Lucas, Murphy, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Pope, Putnam, Rivers, Southard, Spires, Tallon, Taylor, Wells, Williams, Willis, Long, Henderson, G.R. Smith, G.M. Smith, McCoy, Clary, J.E. Smith, W.J. McLeod, Weeks, Whipper, Hicks, Atwater, Ballentine and Stavrinakis
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26167zw15.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on February 24, 2015
Last Amended on June 15, 2016
Passed by the General Assembly on June 15, 2016
Governor's Action: June 23, 2016, Signed
Summary: Ethics and government accountability
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/18/2014 House Prefiled
12/18/2014 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/13/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 139)
1/13/2015 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 139)
1/21/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.E.Smith,
W.J.McLeod
2/4/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks, Whipper
2/4/2015 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
(House Journal-page 32)
2/5/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hicks
2/5/2015 Scrivener's error corrected
2/11/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater,
Ballentine
2/11/2015 House Requests for debate-Rep(s). Bannister, Weeks, Tallon, GM
Smith, Bedingfield (House Journal-page 29)
2/12/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Stavrinakis
2/12/2015 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 2-17-15
(House Journal-page 42)
2/19/2015 House Amended (House Journal-page 41)
2/19/2015 House Read second time (House Journal-page 41)
2/19/2015 House Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 46)
2/19/2015 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative
day (House Journal-page 47)
2/20/2015 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 3)
2/24/2015 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
2/24/2015 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 10)
5/13/2015 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 11)
5/14/2015 Scrivener's error corrected
4/12/2016 Senate Special order, set for April 12, 2016
(Senate Journal-page 29)
4/12/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-4 (Senate Journal-page 29)
4/13/2016 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 59)
4/13/2016 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 59)
4/13/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 59)
4/14/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
4/27/2016 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 89)
4/27/2016 Senate Read third time and returned to House with amendments
(Senate Journal-page 89)
4/27/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 89)
4/28/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
4/28/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
5/4/2016 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-17-16
(House Journal-page 19)
5/18/2016 House Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-19-16
(House Journal-page 68)
5/19/2016 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-24-16
(House Journal-page 50)
5/26/2016 House Senate amendment amended (House Journal-page 25)
5/26/2016 House Returned to Senate with amendments
(House Journal-page 25)
5/26/2016 House Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-13 (House Journal-page 29)
5/31/2016 Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment
(Senate Journal-page 21)
5/31/2016 House House insists upon amendment and conference committee
appointed Reps. Finlay, GM Smith, Bernstein
(House Journal-page 65)
6/1/2016 Senate Conference committee appointed Larry Martin, Campsen,
Hutto (Senate Journal-page 7)
6/15/2016 House Conference report adopted (House Journal-page 48)
6/15/2016 House Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-10 (House Journal-page 49)
6/15/2016 Senate Conference report adopted (Senate Journal-page 136)
6/15/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 136)
6/15/2016 Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification
6/17/2016 Ratified R 307
6/23/2016 Signed By Governor
7/7/2016 Effective date 01/01/17
7/7/2016 Act No. 283
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/18/2014
2/4/2015
2/5/2015
2/19/2015
5/13/2015
5/14/2015
4/13/2016
4/14/2016
4/27/2016
4/28/2016
4/28/2016-A
5/26/2016
6/15/2016
(A283, R307, H3186)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF SPECIFIED INCOME INFORMATION ON THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS, AND TO DEFINE "INCOME" FOR PURPOSES OF THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND TO ENUMERATE EXCLUSIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Contents of statement of economic interests
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-1120(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended by adding:
"(10) a listing of the private source and type of any income received in the previous year by the filer or a member of his immediate family. This item does not include income received pursuant to:
(a) a court order;
(b) a savings, checking, or brokerage account with a bank, savings and loan, or other licensed financial institution which offers savings, checking, or brokerage accounts in the ordinary course of its business and on terms and interest rates generally available to a member of the general public without regard to status as a public official, public member, or public employee;
(c) a mutual fund or similar fund in which an investment company invests its shareholders' money in a diversified selection of securities."
Income defined, exclusions
SECTION 2. Section 8-13-1120 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended by adding:
"(C) For purposes of this section, income means anything of value received, which must be reported on a form used by the Internal Revenue Service for the reporting or disclosure of income received by an individual or a business. Income does not include retirement, annuity, pension, IRA, disability, or deferred compensation payments received by the filer or filer's immediate family member."
Time effective
SECTION 3. The provisions of this act take effect on January 1, 2017.
Ratified the 17th day of June, 2016.
Approved the 23rd day of June, 2016.
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