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Passed South Carolina Firearm Legislation S1166

Legislation Overview

Title: Dismissal of pending handgun possession charges

Description: Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-1-65, Relating To The Expungement Of Convictions For The Unlawful Possession Of Handguns That Occurred Before The Enactment Of The S.c. Constitutional Carry/second Amendment Preservation Act Of 2024, So As To Provide The State Must Dismiss Certain Pending Unlawful Handgun Possession Charges That Occurred Prior To This Act, To Provide The Dismissal Of These Charges Does Not Mandate The Dismissal Of Other Related Charges Or May Serve As A Basis Or Support For Civil Actions Due To The Arrest. - Ratified Title

Session: 125th General Assembly

Last Action: Veto overridden by originating body Ayes-38 Nays-0

Last Action Date: June 26, 2024

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

3 sponsors: Deon Tedder (D); Vernon Stephens (D); Rex Rice (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 7% (3 of 46)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Jun 26, 2024	Veto overridden by originating body Ayes-38 Nays-0
	May 21, 2024	Vetoed by Governor
	May 15, 2024	Ratified R 200
Senate	May 9, 2024	Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
Senate	May 9, 2024	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
House	May 8, 2024	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
House	May 7, 2024	Read second time
House	May 7, 2024	Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-2
House	May 7, 2024	Amended
House	May 1, 2024	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
House	Apr 23, 2024	Introduced and read first time
House	Apr 23, 2024	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate	Apr 18, 2024	Read third time and sent to House
Senate	Apr 17, 2024	Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
Senate	Apr 17, 2024	Read second time
Senate	Apr 17, 2024	Amended
Senate	Apr 4, 2024	Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
Senate	Mar 14, 2024	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate	Mar 14, 2024	Introduced and read first time

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Amended	May 7, 2024	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	May 1, 2024	state link	bill text
Amended	Apr 17, 2024	state link	bill text
Introduced	Apr 4, 2024	state link	bill text
Introduced	Mar 14, 2024	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Senate: 2nd Reading	04/17/2024	43	0	0	2	Yes
Adams, Brian (R) Yea Alexander, Thomas (R) Yea Allen, Karl (D) Yea Bennett, Sean (R) Yea Campsen, George (R) Yea Cash, Richard (R) Yea Climer, David (R) Yea Corbin, Thomas (R) Yea Cromer, Ronnie (R) Yea Davis, Thomas (R) Yea Devine, Tameika (D) Yea Fanning, Michael (D) Yea Gambrell, Michael (R) Yea Garrett, Billy (R) Yea Goldfinch, Stephen (R) Yea Grooms, Lawrence (R) Yea Gustafson, Penry (R) Yea Harpootlian, Richard (D) Yea Hembree, Greg (R) Yea Hutto, C. Bradley (D) Yea Jackson, Darrell (D) Yea Johnson, Kevin (D) Yea Johnson, Robert (R) Yea Kimbrell, Joshua (R) Absent Loftis, Dwight (R) Yea Malloy, Gerald (D) Yea Martin, Shane (R) Yea Massey, A. Shane (R) Absent Matthews, Margie (D) Yea McElveen, Thomas (D) Yea McLeod, Maymia (D) Yea Peeler, Harvey (R) Yea Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reichenbach, Mike (R) Yea Rice, Rex (R) Yea Sabb, Ronnie (D) Yea Senn, Sandra (R) Yea Setzler, Nikki (D) Yea Shealy, Katrina (R) Yea Stephens, Vernon (D) Yea Tedder, Deon (D) Yea Turner, Ross (R) Yea Verdin, Danny (R) Yea Williams, Kent (D) Yea Young, Thomas (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House: Passage Of Bill	05/7/2024	112	2	7	3	Yes
Alexander, Terry (D) Yea Anderson, Carl (D) Yea Atkinson, Frank (D) Yea Bailey, William (R) Yea Ballentine, Nathan (R) Yea Bamberg, Justin (D) Yea Bannister, Bruce (R) Yea Bauer, Heather (D) Yea Beach, Thomas (R) Yea Bernstein, Beth (D) Yea Blackwell, Bart (R) Yea Bradley, Jeffrey (R) Absent Brewer, Gary (R) Yea Brittain, Thomas (R) Yea Burns, James (R) Yea Bustos, Joseph (R) Yea Calhoon, Paula (R) Yea Carter, Jerry (R) Yea Caskey, Micajah (R) Yea Chapman, Donald (R) Yea Chumley, William (R) Yea Clyburn, William (D) Yea Cobb-Hunter, Gilda (D) Yea Collins, Neal (R) Yea Connell, Benjamin (R) Yea Cox, Bobby (R) Absent Cox, Brandon (R) Yea Crawford, Heather (R) Yea Cromer, April (R) Yea Davis, Sylleste (R) Yea Dillard, Chandra (D) Yea Elliott, Jason (R) Yea Erickson, Shannon (R) Yea Felder, Raye (R) NV Forrest, Cally (R) Yea Gagnon, Craig (R) Yea Garvin, Kambrell (D) Yea Gatch, Gil (R) Yea Gibson, Daniel (R) Nay Gilliam, Leon (R) NV Gilliard, Wendell (D) Yea Guest, Thomas (R) Yea Guffey, Brandon (R) Yea Haddon, Patrick (R) Yea Hager, William (R) Yea Hardee, Kevin (R) Yea Harris, Robert (R) Yea Hart, Christopher (D) Yea Hartnett, Thomas (R) Yea Hayes, Jackie (D) Yea Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn (D) NV Henegan, Patricia (D) Yea Herbkersman, William (R) Yea Hewitt, William (R) Yea Hiott, Davey (R) Yea Hixon, William (R) Yea Hosey, Lonnie (D) Yea Howard, Leon (D) Yea Hyde, Max (R) Yea Jefferson, Joseph (D) Yea Johnson, Jeffrey (R) Yea Johnson, Jermaine (D) Yea Jones, Stewart (R) Yea Jones, Wendell (D) Yea Jordan, Wallace (R) Yea Kilmartin, John (R) Yea King, John (D) Yea Kirby, Roger (D) Yea Landing, Katherine (R) Yea Lawson, Brian (R) Yea Leber, Matthew (R) Yea Ligon, Thomas (R) Yea Long, Steven (R) Yea Lowe, Phillip (R) NV Magnuson, Roy (R) Yea May, Robert (R) Yea McCabe, Donald (R) Yea McDaniel, Annie (D) NV McGinnis, Timothy (R) Yea Mccravy, John (R) Nay Mitchell, Cody (R) Yea Moore, JA (D) Yea Moore, Travis (R) Yea Morgan, Adam (R) Yea Morgan, T. (R) Yea Moss, Dennis (R) Yea Murphy, Christopher (R) Yea Neese, James (R) Yea Newton, Brandon (R) Yea Newton, Weston (R) Yea Nutt, Roger (R) Yea O'Neal, David (R) Yea Oremus, Melissa (R) Yea Ott, Russell (D) Yea Pace, Jordan (R) Yea Pedalino, Fawn (R) Yea Pendarvis, Marvin (D) Yea Pope, Thomas (R) Yea Rivers, Michael (D) Yea Robbins, Robby (R) NV Rose, Seth (D) Yea Rutherford, J. Todd (D) Yea Sandifer, William (R) Yea Schuessler, Carla (R) Yea Sessions, Heath (R) Yea Smith, Marvin (R) Yea Smith, Murrell (R) Yea Spann-Wilder, Tiffany (D) Yea Stavrinakis, Leonidas (D) Yea Taylor, Bill (R) Yea Thayer, Anne (R) Absent Thigpen, Ivory (D) NV Trantham, Ashley (R) Yea Vaughan, David (R) Yea Weeks, J. David (D) Yea West, John (R) Yea Wetmore, Elizabeth (D) Yea Wheeler, William (D) Yea White, Joseph (R) Yea Whitmire, William (R) Yea Williams, Robert (D) Yea Willis, Mark (R) Yea Wooten, Christopher (R) Yea Yow, Richard (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: To Concur	05/9/2024	44	0	0	2	Yes
Adams, Brian (R) Yea Alexander, Thomas (R) Yea Allen, Karl (D) Yea Bennett, Sean (R) Absent Campsen, George (R) Yea Cash, Richard (R) Yea Climer, David (R) Yea Corbin, Thomas (R) Yea Cromer, Ronnie (R) Yea Davis, Thomas (R) Yea Devine, Tameika (D) Yea Fanning, Michael (D) Yea Gambrell, Michael (R) Yea Garrett, Billy (R) Yea Goldfinch, Stephen (R) Yea Grooms, Lawrence (R) Yea Gustafson, Penry (R) Yea Harpootlian, Richard (D) Yea Hembree, Greg (R) Yea Hutto, C. Bradley (D) Yea Jackson, Darrell (D) Yea Johnson, Kevin (D) Yea Johnson, Robert (R) Yea Kimbrell, Joshua (R) Yea Loftis, Dwight (R) Yea Malloy, Gerald (D) Yea Martin, Shane (R) Yea Massey, A. Shane (R) Yea Matthews, Margie (D) Yea McElveen, Thomas (D) Yea McLeod, Maymia (D) Yea Peeler, Harvey (R) Yea Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reichenbach, Mike (R) Yea Rice, Rex (R) Yea Sabb, Ronnie (D) Yea Senn, Sandra (R) Yea Setzler, Nikki (D) Yea Shealy, Katrina (R) Yea Stephens, Vernon (D) Yea Talley, Scott (R) Yea Tedder, Deon (D) Yea Turner, Ross (R) Yea Verdin, Danny (R) Yea Williams, Kent (D) Absent Young, Thomas (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: To Override The Veto	06/26/2024	38	0	0	5	Yes
Adams, Brian (R) Absent Alexander, Thomas (R) Yea Allen, Karl (D) Yea Bennett, Sean (R) Yea Campsen, George (R) Absent Cash, Richard (R) Yea Climer, David (R) Yea Corbin, Thomas (R) Yea Cromer, Ronnie (R) Yea Davis, Thomas (R) Yea Devine, Tameika (D) Yea Fanning, Michael (D) Yea Gambrell, Michael (R) Yea Garrett, Billy (R) Yea Goldfinch, Stephen (R) Absent Gustafson, Penry (R) Yea Harpootlian, Richard (D) Yea Hembree, Greg (R) Yea Hutto, C. Bradley (D) Yea Jackson, Darrell (D) Yea Johnson, Kevin (D) Yea Johnson, Robert (R) Yea Kimbrell, Joshua (R) Absent Malloy, Gerald (D) Yea Martin, Shane (R) Absent Massey, A. Shane (R) Yea Matthews, Margie (D) Yea McElveen, Thomas (D) Yea McLeod, Maymia (D) Yea Peeler, Harvey (R) Yea Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reichenbach, Mike (R) Yea Rice, Rex (R) Yea Sabb, Ronnie (D) Yea Setzler, Nikki (D) Yea Shealy, Katrina (R) Yea Stephens, Vernon (D) Yea Talley, Scott (R) Yea Tedder, Deon (D) Yea Turner, Ross (R) Yea Verdin, Danny (R) Yea Williams, Kent (D) Yea Young, Thomas (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page