South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 4268

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. J.E. Johnson, Jordan, Bailey, Gilliam, Murphy, Hardee, McCravy, McGinnis, Caskey, T. Moore, Ott, Fry, W. Newton, Brittain, Henegan, Lowe and Sandifer
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Introduced in the House on April 27, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: FOIA exemption for juror personal information

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/27/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 129)
   4/27/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 129)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/27/2021

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MATTERS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BODIES MAY NOT DISCLOSE THE NAMES OR OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF JURORS, TO PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN RELATED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING JURORS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 30-4-40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

    "(__)(1)    A public body may not disclose the name or other personally identifying information of a juror pursuant to a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The rolls of grand jurors and petit jurors in attendance provided by Section 14-17-310, venire lists of individuals summoned to serve as jurors, and other lists of jurors, slips of juror names used in capsules manually drawn for juror selection, juror information forms, and juror response forms are exempt from disclosure also may not be disclosed.

        (2)    For purposes of this section, 'personally identifying information' has the same meaning as found in Section 30-2-30(1)."

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

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