South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 4401

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7171ahb16.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: House and Senate rules on voting on the Annual General Appropriations Bill

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2015  House   Prefiled
   12/3/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2016  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 54)
   1/12/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 54)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2015

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 2-7-125, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MATTERS WHEN A RECORDED ROLL CALL VOTE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR CUMULATIVE ROLL CALL VOTING ON SECTIONS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE RULES OF THE SENATE OR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 2-7-125(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 6 of 2011, is amended to read:

"(B)    The Annual General Appropriations Bill must be considered section-by-section prior to third reading, and must receive a recorded roll call vote by the House of Representatives and the Senate when the pending question is the adoption of an individual section. However, cumulative roll call voting on a certain number of sections grouped together may be authorized by the rules of the Senate or House of Representatives."

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

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