South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 1023

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senators McConnell, Knotts and Nicholson
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0004.js.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4472

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2012
Introduced in the House on January 17, 2012
Adopted by the General Assembly on January 18, 2012

Summary: Election of judges

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/5/2011  Senate  Prefiled
   12/5/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/10/2012  Senate  Introduced (Senate Journal-page 17)
   1/10/2012  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 17)
   1/11/2012  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 2)
   1/12/2012          Scrivener's error corrected
   1/12/2012  Senate  Adopted, sent to House (Senate Journal-page 14)
   1/17/2012  House   Introduced, placed on calendar without reference 
                        (House Journal-page 6)
   1/18/2012  House   Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence 
                        (House Journal-page 24)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/5/2011
1/11/2012
1/12/2012
1/17/2012

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INTRODUCED

January 17, 2012

S. 1023

Introduced by Senators McConnell, Knotts and Nicholson

S. Printed 1/17/12--H.

Read the first time January 17, 2012.

            

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO FIX NOON ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012, AS THE TIME TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, SEAT 4, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JULY 31, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, SEAT 8, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2015; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON JUNE 30, 2012; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON JUNE 30, 2012.

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the Senate and the House of Representatives shall meet in joint assembly in the Hall of the House of Representatives Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at noon to elect a successor to the Honorable Kaye G. Hearn, Justice of the Supreme Court, Seat 4, whose term expires July 31, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Thomas E. Huff, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 8, whose term expires on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable George C. James, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court for the Third Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term expires on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Michael Baxley, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term expires on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable L. Casey Manning, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, upon his retirement on or before December 31, 2012, to fill the unexpired term that expires on June 30, 2015; to elect a successor to the Honorable Roger L. Couch, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Kristi Lea Harrington, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Alexander S. Macaulay, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term expires on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable William Paul Keesley, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable R. Knox McMahon, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Michael G. Nettles, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term expires on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable Perry M. Buckner III, Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012; to elect a successor to the Honorable John D. McLeod, Judge of the Administrative Law Court, Seat 2, whose term will expire on June 30, 2012.

Be it further resolved that all nominations must be made by the Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, and that no further nominating or seconding speeches may be made by members of the General Assembly on behalf of any candidate.

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