South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 137

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Cleary and Thurmond
Document Path: l:\s-res\rec\008term.ls.rec.docx

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

Summary: Senate and House of Representative term limits

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 94)
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 94)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 2 OF THE 1976 CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-75, TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED SIX TERMS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE SENATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY TERM SERVED FOR WHICH THE ELECTION WAS HELD PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2020, SHALL 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 2-1-75.    (A)    No person shall be eligible for election to the House of Representatives if that person has served six terms in the House of Representatives, regardless of the district represented.

(B)    No person shall be eligible for election to the Senate if that person has served three terms in the Senate, regardless of the district represented.

(C)    For purposes of the number of terms served in the General Assembly, any term served for which the election was held prior to January 1, 2020, shall not be counted as a term served.

(D)    For purposes of this section, service in office for more than one half of a term shall be deemed service for a term."

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

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