South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 87

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Bright
Document Path: l:\s-res\lb\045vote.ls.lb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 234, 3016, 3167

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

Summary: Elections

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2014  Senate  Prefiled
   12/3/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 76)
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 76)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2014

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-710(A) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO VOTING PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ELECTIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A PERSON PRESENTS HIMSELF TO VOTE, HE MAY PRODUCE A VALID AND CURRENT SOUTH CAROLINA CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-31-215.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-13-710(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-13-710.    (A)    When a person presents himself to vote, he shall produce a valid and current:

(1)    South Carolina driver's license; or

(2)    other form of identification containing a photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles; or

(3)    passport; or

(4)    military identification containing a photograph issued by the federal government; or

(5)    South Carolina voter registration card containing a photograph of the voter pursuant to Section 7-5-675.; or

(6)    South Carolina concealed weapon permit issued pursuant to Section 23-31-215."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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