South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 426

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Jackson, Matthews, Hutto and McElveen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7137ahb13.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 899, 4466, 4476, 4480

Introduced in the Senate on February 26, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Expungement of Criminal Records

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/26/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   2/26/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/26/2013

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

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 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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