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H. 3404
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Jones and Dillard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3298ph21.docx
Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Candidate, prohibit name of for President or Vice President to be printed on ballot unless evidence of being a natural born citizen
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/9/2020 House Prefiled
12/9/2020 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/12/2021 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 271)
1/12/2021 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 271)
2/3/2021 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-13-345 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BE PRINTED ON A BALLOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNLESS THERE IS SHOWN CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE CANDIDATE IS A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 13, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 7-13-345. (A) A candidate for President or Vice President of the United States may not have his name printed on a ballot in this State unless there is conclusive evidence that the candidate is a natural born citizen of the United States.
(B) This section applies to a person, petitioner, or party placing the names of electors on the ballot."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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