South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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S. 213

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator McLeod
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3249
Document Path: SMIN-0012MW23.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Term limits

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
11/30/2022 Senate Prefiled
11/30/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/10/2023 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 111)
1/10/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 111)
2/8/2023 Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/30/2022
02/08/2023



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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED SIX TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, THAT NO PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY TERM SERVED, FOR WHICH THE ELECTION WAS HELD PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2024, MUST NOT BE COUNTED AS A TERM SERVED.

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

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

   Section 2-1-60.   (A) No person is eligible for election to the House of Representatives if that person has served six terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

   (B) No person is eligible for election to the Senate if that person has served three terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

   (C) For purposes of this section, any term served, for which the election was held prior to January 1, 2024, must not be counted as a term served.

   (D) For purposes of this section, service in office for more than one half of a term must be deemed service for a term.

SECTION 2.   This act takes effect upon ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article III of the Constitution of this State authorizing the General Assembly to provide term limitations for its members by statute.

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