2015-2016 Bill 990: Judicial Elections - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 S. 990 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators L. Martin, Malloy and Campsen 10 Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\l. martin\jud0081.eb.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2016 13 Introduced in the House on January 19, 2016 14 Currently residing in the Senate 15 16 Summary: Judicial Elections 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 1/13/2016 Senate Introduced ( Senate Journalpage 55) 23 1/13/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journalpage 55) 24 1/14/2016 Senate Recalled from Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journalpage 2) 25 1/14/2016 Senate Adopted, sent to House ( Senate Journalpage 2) 26 1/19/2016 House Introduced ( House Journalpage 14) 27 1/19/2016 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 28 Journalpage 14) 29 1/26/2016 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 30 Journalpage 5) 31 1/27/2016 Scrivener's error corrected 32 1/27/2016 House Adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 20) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 1/13/2016 40 1/26/2016 41 1/26/2016-A 42 1/27/2016 43 1 COMMITTEE REPORT 2 January 26, 2016 3 4 S. 990 5 6 Introduced by Senators L. Martin, Malloy and Campsen 7 8 S. Printed 1/26/16--H. [SEC 1/27/16 12:22 PM] 9 Read the first time January 19, 2016. 10 11 12 THE COMMITTEE ON 13 INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS 14 To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 990) to fix 15 noon on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, as the time to elect a 16 successor to a certain Justice of the Supreme Court, Seat 2, upon 17 his swearing in, etc., respectfully 18 REPORT: 19 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 20 recommend that the same do pass: 21 22 JIMMY C. BALES for Committee. 23

[990-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO FIX NOON ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016, AS 12 THE TIME TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN 13 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, SEAT 2, UPON HIS 14 SWEARING IN AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME 15 COURT, AND THE SUCCESSOR WILL FILL THE 16 UNEXPIRED TERM OF THAT OFFICE, WHICH WILL 17 EXPIRE JULY 31, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A 18 CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, SEAT 9, 19 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 20 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT 21 COURT, FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM 22 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO 23 A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST 24 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE 25 JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN 26 JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL 27 CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 28 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF 29 THE CIRCUIT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, 30 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 31 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT 32 COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM 33 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO 34 A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, EIGHTH 35 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE 36 JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN 37 JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL 38 CIRCUIT, SEAT 4, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 39 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF 40 THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 41 SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO 42 ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE

[990] 3 1 CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, 2 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 3 SUCCESSOR TO CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT 4 COURT, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE 5 TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 6 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT 7 COURT, ATLARGE, SEAT 10, UPON HIS RETIREMENT ON 8 OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2015, AND THE SUCCESSOR 9 WILL FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THAT OFFICE, 10 WHICH WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2021; TO ELECT A 11 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 12 COURT, FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM 13 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO 14 A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, FIRST 15 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE 16 JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN 17 JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, SECOND JUDICIAL 18 CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 19 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF 20 THE FAMILY COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, 21 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 22 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 23 COURT, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE 24 TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 25 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 26 COURT, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM 27 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO 28 A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, FIFTH 29 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 4, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE 30 JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN 31 JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL 32 CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 33 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF 34 THE FAMILY COURT, EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, 35 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 36 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 37 COURT, NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM 38 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO 39 A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, NINTH 40 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3 UPON HER RETIREMENT ON 41 OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 2016, AND THE SUCCESSOR WILL 42 SERVE A NEW TERM OF THAT OFFICE, WHICH EXPIRES 43 ON JUNE 30, 2022; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A

[990] 4 1 CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, NINTH 2 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 6, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE 3 JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN 4 JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, TENTH JUDICIAL 5 CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 6 2016; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF 7 THE FAMILY COURT, ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 8 SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO 9 ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE 10 FAMILY COURT, TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, 11 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 12 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 13 COURT, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 6, WHOSE 14 TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 15 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 16 COURT, FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, 17 WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 18 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 19 COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE 20 TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 21 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY 22 COURT, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE 23 TERM WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016; TO ELECT A 24 SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE 25 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT, SEAT 6, WHOSE TERM 26 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30, 2016. 27 28 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 29 concurring: 30 31 That the Senate and the House of Representatives shall meet in 32 joint assembly in the Hall of the House of Representatives 33 Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at noon to elect a successor to the 34 Honorable Costa M. Pleicones, Justice of the Supreme Court, Seat 35 2, upon his swearing in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and 36 the successor will fill the unexpired term of that office, which will 37 expire July 31, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable James 38 Edward Lockemy, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 9, whose 39 term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the 40 Honorable Edgar Warren Dickson, Judge of the Circuit Court, 41 First Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 42 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Diane Schafer 43 Goodstein, Judge of the Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit, Seat

[990] 5 1 2, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to 2 the Honorable Doyet A. Early, III, Judge of the Circuit Court, 3 Second Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 4 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Ralph Ferrell Cothran, 5 Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, 6 whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the 7 Honorable Brian M. Gibbons, Judge of the Circuit Court, Sixth 8 Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to 9 elect a successor to the Honorable Frank Robert Addy, Jr., Judge 10 of the Circuit Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term 11 will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable 12 David Garrison Hill, Judge of the Circuit Court, Thirteenth 13 Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to 14 elect a successor to the Honorable Steven H. John, Judge of the 15 Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will 16 expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable John 17 Calvin Hayes, III, Judge of the Circuit Court, Sixteenth Judicial 18 Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a 19 successor to the Honorable Daniel Dewitt Hall, Judge of the 20 Circuit Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will 21 expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable James 22 R. Barber, III, Judge of the Circuit Court, AtLarge, Seat 10, upon 23 his retirement on or before December 31, 2015, and the successor 24 will fill the unexpired term of that office, which will expire June 25 30, 2021; to elect a successor to the Honorable William J. Wylie, 26 Jr., Judge of the Family Court, First Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose 27 term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the 28 Honorable Nancy Chapman McLin, Judge of the Family Court, 29 First Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, whose term will expire June 30, 30 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Vicki J. Snelgrove, 31 Judge of the Family Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose 32 term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the 33 Honorable George Marion McFaddin, Jr., Judge of the Family 34 Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 35 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Cely Anne 36 Brigman, Judge of the Family Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Seat 37 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to 38 the Honorable Dorothy Mobley Jones, Judge of the Family Court, 39 Fifth Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 40 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Gwendlyne Young 41 Jones, Judge of the Family Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Seat 4, 42 whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the 43 Honorable Usha J. Bridges, Judge of the Family Court, Seventh

[990] 6 1 Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to 2 elect a successor to the Honorable John M. Rucker, Judge of the 3 Family Court, Eighth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will 4 expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Daniel 5 E. Martin, Jr., Judge of the Family Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit, 6 Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor 7 to the Honorable Judy Cone McMahon, Judge of the Family Court, 8 Ninth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, upon her retirement on or before 9 June 30, 2016, and the successor will serve a new term of that 10 office, which expires June 30, 2022; to elect a successor to the 11 Honorable Jack Alan Landis, Judge of the Family Court, Ninth 12 Judicial Circuit, Seat 6, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to 13 elect a successor to the Honorable Karen F. Ballenger, Judge of the 14 Family Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will 15 expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable 16 William Gregory Seigler, Judge of the Family Court, Eleventh 17 Judicial Circuit, Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to 18 elect a successor to the Honorable Jerry Deese Vinson, Jr., Judge 19 of the Family Court, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Seat 3, whose term 20 will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable 21 Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Judge of the Family Court, Thirteenth Judicial 22 Circuit, Seat 6, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a 23 successor to the Honorable Peter L. Fuge, Judge of the Family 24 Court, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire 25 June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Melissa J. 26 Buckhannon (f/k/a Melissa Johnson Emery), Judge of the Family 27 Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, whose term will expire 28 June 30, 2016; to elect a successor to the Honorable Thomas H. 29 White, IV, Judge of the Family Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 30 Seat 1, whose term will expire June 30, 2016; to elect a successor 31 to the Honorable Sebastien Phillip Lenski, Judge of the 32 Administrative Law Court, Seat 6, whose term will expire June 30, 33 2016. 34 35 Be it further resolved that all nominations must be made by the 36 chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, and that no 37 further nominating or seconding speeches may be made by 38 members of the General Assembly on behalf of any candidate. 39 XX 40

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