South Carolina 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3261 — Candidate nominations

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Blackwell

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM FILING MORE THAN ONE STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY FOR A SINGLE ELECTION, AND TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM BEING NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL PARTY FOR A SINGLE OFFICE IN AN ELECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-320, RELATING TO BALLOTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE'S NAME FROM APPEARING ON THE BALLOT MORE THAN ONCE.

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Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Blackwell

  2. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey

  3. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  4. Introduced and read first time

  5. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  6. Prefiled

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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26 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (26)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (144)

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Frequently asked questions

What does H 3261 do?
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM FILING MORE THAN ONE STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY FOR A SINGLE ELECTION, AND TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM BEING NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL PARTY FOR A SINGLE OFFICE IN AN ELECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-320, RELATING TO BALLOTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE'S NAME FROM APPEARING ON THE BALLOT MORE THAN ONCE.
Who sponsors H 3261?
H 3261 is sponsored by May, Robert J., III, Representative Brandon Newton, Representative James Mikell "Mike" Burns, Representative Shannon S. Erickson, Representative Bill Taylor, Senator Jason Elliott, Representative Mark N. Willis, Representative Chris Wooten, Representative Patrick B. Haddon, Representative Steven Wayne Long, Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope, Representative Cally R. "Cal" Forrest, Jr., Representative Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV, Representative Brandon L. Cox, Representative Dennis C. Moss, Representative T. Alan Morgan, Jr., Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr., Representative Sylleste H. Davis, Blackwell, Bart T., McGarry, Sandy N., Felder, R. Raye, Bryant, Bruce M., Thayer, Anne J., Bennett, Linda, Huggins, Chip, and Fry, Russell W..
What is the current status of H 3261?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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