South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 97

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Cleary
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\cleary\jud0012.hla.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3008

Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Term limits for members of Senate and House of Representative

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/13/2012  Senate  Prefiled
  12/13/2012  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
    1/8/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 71)
    1/8/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 71)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/13/2012

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 2, SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-190 TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED SIX TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, AND THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY TERM SERVED FOR WHICH THE ELECTION WAS HELD PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2013, SHALL 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 2-1-190.    (A)    No person shall be 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 shall be eligible for election to the Senate if that person has served four terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

(C)    For purposes of the number of terms served in the General Assembly, any term served for which the election was held prior to January 1, 2013, shall not be counted as a term served.

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

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

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