Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:229 Primary Sponsor:Gilbert Committee Number:03 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Pardon, expungement of records Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Corrections and Penology Date Tabled:Feb 28, 1991 Computer Document Number:229 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Feb 28, 1991 Last History Type:Tabled in Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Gilbert Stilwell Hinds Moore Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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229 Senate Feb 28, 1991 Tabled in Committee 03
229 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 03
time, referred to Committee
229 Senate Oct 08, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 03
Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-940, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PARDONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GRANTING OF A PARDON OPERATES AS AN ORDER OF EXPUNGEMENT OF ALL OFFICIAL RECORDS RELATING TO THE CONVICTION FOR WHICH THE PARDON IS GRANTED AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES SHALL INSURE THAT THE EXPUNGEMENT IS IMPLEMENTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-21-940 A. of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"A. 'Pardon' means that an individual is fully pardoned fully from all the legal consequences of his crime and of his conviction, direct and collateral, including the punishment, whether of imprisonment, pecuniary penalty, or whatever else the law has provided. A pardon also operates as an order of expungement of all official records relating to the arrest, indictment, trial, conviction, and sentence for the offense for which the pardon is granted. The department shall insure that the expungement is implemented."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.