2015-2016 Bill 4841: Status of Juvenile Offenses Study Committee - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4841 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Joint Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Govan, M.S. McLeod, Tinkler, Gilliard, Mitchell, Douglas, McEachern, Williams, Neal, 10 Henegan, Hosey, Dillard, Hicks, Hodges and W.J. McLeod 11 Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11160cz16.docx 12 13 Introduced in the House on February 4, 2016 14 Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary 15 16 Summary: Status of Juvenile Offenses Study Committee 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/4/2016 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 8) 23 2/4/2016 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( House Journalpage 8) 24 25 View the latest legislative information at the website 26 27 28 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 29 30 2/4/2016 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A JOINT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CREATE A STUDY COMMITTEE FOR STATUS 12 OFFENSES FOR JUVENILES, TO PROVIDE FOR 13 MEMBERSHIP OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE AND THE 14 METHOD OF APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS, TO REQUIRE 15 THE STUDY COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A REPORT WITH 16 THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 17 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO INCLUDE A SUNSET 18 PROVISION FOR THE STUDY COMMITTEE. 19 20 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 21 Carolina: 22 23 SECTION 1. (A) There is created the Status Offenses Study 24 Committee to study the laws of this State concerning status 25 offenses for juveniles, including, but not limited to, offenses that 26 qualify as status offenses, penalties for committing a status 27 offense, and the application of those offenses on the population of 28 this State. 29 (B) The study committee must be composed of: 30 (1) three members of the House of Representatives 31 appointed by the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; and 32 (2) three members of the Senate appointed by the Chairman 33 of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 34 (C) The study committee shall prepare a report for the General 35 Assembly that sets forth findings and recommendations relevant to 36 the purposes of the study committee and provide its report to the 37 General Assembly by December 31, 2016, at which time the study 38 committee must be dissolved. 39 40 SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by 41 the Governor. 42 XX

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