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H. 4586
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. S. Williams, Burns and Cobb-Hunter
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Introduced in the House on January 11, 2022
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Expungement
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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11/17/2021 House Prefiled
11/17/2021 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/11/2022 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 61)
1/11/2022 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 61)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 17-22-935 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OFFENSES MAY BE EXPUNGED AND TO ESTABLISH THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE EXPUNGEMENT MAY OCCUR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 9, Chapter 22, Title 17 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 17-22-935. A conviction for a nonviolent offense, other than those enumerated in Section 17-22-910, when the offender has completed the sentence, including probation and parole, and ten years have elapsed since completion of the sentence during which the offender was not convicted, plead guilty, or plead nolo contendere to any other offense and has no other charges pending, may be expunged from the offender's criminal record upon application to the appropriate solicitor's office."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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