South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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A4, R6, S177

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators L. Martin, Hembree and Campsen
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\l. martin\jud0035.rem.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3124

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2015
Introduced in the House on February 4, 2015
Last Amended on January 29, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on March 5, 2015
Governor's Action: March 27, 2015, Signed

Summary: Procedure for certification of domestic and foreign records

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2014  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 117)
   1/15/2015  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Malloy, Coleman, 
                        Hembree, Young (Senate Journal-page 117)
   1/28/2015  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 27)
   1/29/2015  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 13)
   1/29/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 13)
   1/29/2015  Senate  Roll call Ayes-34  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 13)
    2/3/2015  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 18)
    2/4/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 15)
    2/4/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 15)
   2/25/2015  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 3)
    3/4/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 13)
    3/4/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-98  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 13)
    3/5/2015  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 13)
   3/25/2015          Ratified R 6
   3/27/2015          Signed By Governor
    4/2/2015          Effective date 03/27/15
    4/9/2015          Act No. 4

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2014
1/28/2015
1/29/2015
2/25/2015


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

(A4, R6, S177)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 19-5-520 SO AS TO ALLOW FOR CERTIFICATION, INSTEAD OF REQUIRING EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE, OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN BUSINESS RECORDS OF REGULARLY CONDUCTED ACTIVITY FOR THE RECORDS TO BE ADMISSIBLE AND TO REQUIRE A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSE CERTIFICATION.

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

Admissibility of certified business records

SECTION    1.    Article 9, Chapter 5, Title 19 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 19-5-520.    In addition to those matters provided by Rule 902, South Carolina Rules of Evidence, extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with respect to the following:

(A)    The original or a copy of a domestic record that meets the requirements of Rule 803(6), South Carolina Rules of Evidence, as shown by a certification of the custodian or another qualified person that complies with a state statute or a court rule. Before the trial or hearing, the proponent shall give an adverse party reasonable written notice of the intent to offer the record and shall make the record and certification available for inspection so that the party has a fair opportunity to challenge the record.

(B)    In a civil case, the original or a copy of a foreign record that is certified by the custodian or another qualified person and otherwise meets the requirements of subsection (A), modified as follows: the certification, rather than complying with a state statute or court rule, must be signed in a manner that, if falsely made, would subject the maker to a criminal penalty in the jurisdiction where the certification is signed. The proponent also shall meet the notice requirements of subsection (A)."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 25th day of March, 2015.

Approved the 27th day of March, 2015.

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