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S. 149
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Jackson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9519ahb17.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Nonviolent offenses
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/13/2016 Senate Prefiled
12/13/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/10/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 84)
1/10/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 84)
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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 his sentence, including probation and parole, and five years have elapsed since completing his sentence during which the offender was not convicted, plead guilty, or plead nolo contendere to any other offense, 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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