South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 896

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Corrections and Penology Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31034ac11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on May 18, 2011
Introduced in the House on May 24, 2011
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Sentencing Reform (D. 4159)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/18/2011  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (Senate Journal-page 3)
   5/19/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 19)
   5/19/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 19)
   5/24/2011  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 28)
   5/24/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 46)
   5/24/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 46)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/18/2011
5/18/2011-A

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INTRODUCED

May 18, 2011

S. 896

Introduced by Corrections and Penology Committee

S. Printed 5/18/11--S.

Read the first time May 18, 2011.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES, RELATING TO SENTENCING REFORM, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4159, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, relating to Sentencing Reform, designated as Regulation Document Number 4159, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (the Department) seeks to promulgate regulations which govern, to the extent authorized by 1976 S. C. Code of Laws, Title 24, Chapter 21 and required by Act 273 of 2010, the minimum number of hours of training required for the members of the Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (the Board) and the specific requirements of the comprehensive training course that newly appointed members must complete; the specific criteria for the annual training the Board members must complete; the terms and conditions of reentry supervision; the qualifications of the Department's hearing officers and the procedures for the preliminary hearings conducted by those hearing officers; and the establishment and listing of administrative sanctions for the most common types of supervision violations.

A Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on October 22, 2010.

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