South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 108

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: l:\s-res\asm\001capi.kmm.asm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2019
Introduced in the House on January 31, 2019
Last Amended on January 30, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Capitol Grounds

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/12/2018  Senate  Prefiled
  12/12/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
    1/8/2019  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 91)
    1/8/2019  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 91)
   1/16/2019  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Finance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)
   1/17/2019          Scrivener's error corrected
   1/30/2019  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 11)
   1/30/2019  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 11)
   1/30/2019  Senate  Roll call Ayes-39  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 11)
   1/31/2019  Senate  Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 4)
   1/31/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 60)
   1/31/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 60)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/12/2018
1/16/2019
1/17/2019
1/30/2019

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AMENDED

January 30, 2019

S. 108

Introduced by Senator Massey

S. Printed 1/30/19--S.

Read the first time January 8, 2019.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 10-11-310 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "CAPITOL GROUNDS", TO DEFINE "CAPITOL GROUNDS" AS THAT AREA INWARD FROM THE VEHICULAR TRAVELED SURFACES OF GERVAIS, SUMTER, PENDLETON, AND ASSEMBLY STREETS IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 10-11-310 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 10-11-310.    As used in this article, 'capitol grounds' or 'grounds' shall be that area inward from the vehicular traveled surfaces of Gervais, Sumter, Senate Pendleton, and Assembly Streets in the city of Columbia."

SECTION    2.    Section 10-11-330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 10-11-330.    It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons wilfully and knowingly: (a) to enter or to remain within the capitol building buildings on the capitol grounds unless such person is authorized by law or by rules of the House or Senate, or the Department of Administration regulations, respectively, when such entry is done for the purpose of uttering loud, threatening, and abusive language or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of any session of the legislature or the orderly conduct within the a building or of any hearing before or any deliberation of any committee or subcommittee of the legislature; (b) to obstruct or to impede passage within the capitol grounds or building buildings on the capitol grounds; (c) to engage in any act of physical violence upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building buildings on the capitol grounds; or (d) to parade, demonstrate, or picket within the capitol building."

SECTION    3.    Section 10-1-30 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection to read:

"(    )    On the days that the General Assembly meets in statewide session, access to the State House by the general public or the press may not be restricted or prohibited without prior approval of the Senate sergeant at arms and the House of Representatives sergeant at arms. On the days that the General Assembly does not meet in statewide session, access to the State House by the general public or the press may not be restricted or prohibited without prior consultation with the Senate sergeant at arms and the House of Representatives sergeant at arms. The provisions contained in this section do not apply in exigent circumstances; however, when access to the State House is restricted or prohibited due to exigent circumstances, access must be restored as soon as practicable."

SECTION    4.    Section 2-3-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 2-3-100.    (A)    The sergeant at arms of the Senate and the sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives shall take exclusive care and charge of the Senate chamber and the hall of the House of Representatives and the committee rooms, respectively, and be held responsible for their keeping and the keeping and protection of the furniture and furnishings belonging to them, packing such as may need packing and inspecting and caring for them during the recess of the General Assembly. The sergeant at arms of both houses shall employ such laborers and help as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(B)    The sergeant at arms of the Senate and the sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives are each the head of a law enforcement agency and are the primary law enforcement agency when acting within the scope of the duties of their respective offices. The sergeant at arms of the Senate and the sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives may request temporary assistance from state, local, or federal law enforcement agencies on matters within the duties of their respective offices.

(C)    The sergeant at arms of the Senate and the sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives shall employ deputies who shall be commissioned as constables. The sergeant at arms of the Senate, the sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives, and their respective deputies shall be entitled to enforce the laws of this State and exercise the duties of their offices throughout the State."

SECTION    5.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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