South Carolina General Assembly

119th Session, 2011-2012

S.896

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution

Sponsors: Corrections and Penology Committee

Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31034ac11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on May 18, 2011

Introduced in the House on May 24, 2011

Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Sentencing Reform (D. 4159)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

5/18/2011SenateIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (Senate Journalpage3)

5/19/2011SenateRead second time (Senate Journalpage19)

5/19/2011SenateRoll call Ayes40 Nays1 (Senate Journalpage19)

5/24/2011SenateRead third time and sent to House (Senate Journalpage28)

5/24/2011HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage46)

5/24/2011HouseReferred to Committee on Judiciary(House Journalpage46)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/18/2011

5/18/2011-A

INTRODUCED

May 18, 2011

S.896

Introduced by Corrections and Penology Committee

S. Printed 5/18/11--S.

Read the first time May 18, 2011.

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AJOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES, RELATING TO SENTENCING REFORM, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4159, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION1.The regulations of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, relating to Sentencing Reform, designated as Regulation Document Number 4159, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION2.This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (the Department) seeks to promulgate regulations which govern, to the extent authorized by 1976 S. C. Code of Laws, Title 24, Chapter 21 and required by Act 273 of 2010, the minimum number of hours of training required for the members of the Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (the Board) and the specific requirements of the comprehensive training course that newly appointed members must complete; the specific criteria for the annual training the Board members must complete; the terms and conditions of reentry supervision; the qualifications of the Department’s hearing officers and the procedures for the preliminary hearings conducted by those hearing officers; and the establishment and listing of administrative sanctions for the most common types of supervision violations.

A Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on October 22, 2010.

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