South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 226

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Lourie
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11013cz15.docx

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

Summary: Traffic offense

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 (Senate Journal-page 141)
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 141)
    4/8/2015  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: McElveen (ch), Shealy, Thurmond

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 30-2-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE AGENCY, BOARD, COMMISSION, INSTITUTION, DEPARTMENT, OR OTHER STATE ENTITY THAT HOSTS A WEBPAGE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE INTERNET MAY NOT DISPLAY THE FULL BIRTHDATE OR HOME ADDRESS OF A PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED A TRAFFIC OFFENSE FOR WHICH A UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET WAS ISSUED OR FOR A TRAFFIC OFFENSE WITH A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF NO MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS IMPRISONMENT, A FINE, OR BOTH.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 2, Title 30 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 30-2-60.    Notwithstanding another provision of law or court rule to the contrary, any state agency, board, commission, institution, department, or other state entity that hosts, supports, or provides a link to a webpage or site accessible through the Internet may display the year of a person's birth but may not display the full birthdate and home address of a person who has committed a traffic offense for which a uniform traffic ticket was issued or for a traffic offense with a maximum penalty of no more than thirty days imprisonment, a fine, or both."

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

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