South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 4586

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. S. Williams, Burns and Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7508ahb22.docx

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

11/17/2021

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A 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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