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The Ethics Committee is a standing committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Members of the House Ethics Committee are selected by a different method than other standing committees. Per the House Rules, the committee's ten members are elected by the House with five members from the majority party and five from the minority party or unaffiliated with the majority party. The chair is elected by the members of the committee and must be one of the five majority party members. Other officers are also elected by the committee and are not subject to any party requirements.[1]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Rules

Function

According to the House Rules, the Ethics Committee has the following powers and duties:

“

The committee shall:

(1) ascertain whether a person has failed to comply fully and accurately with the disclosure requirements of Chapter 13, Title 8, which may include, but are not limited to, an audit of filed reports and applicable campaign bank statements, and to promptly notify the person to file the necessary notices and reports to satisfy the requirements of Chapter 13, Title 8;
(2) receive complaints or allegations concerning any person under the jurisdiction of the committee alleging a violation of Chapter 13, Title 8 or Chapter 17, Title 2 and refer any complaint except for a complaint regarding a violation of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the State Ethics Commission (commission) for investigation in compliance with Sections 8-13-530 through 8-13-550;
(3) upon a majority vote of the members of the committee initiate a complaint concerning any person under the jurisdiction of the committee alleging a violation of Chapter 13, Title 8 or Chapter 17, Title 2 and refer the complaint for investigation to the commission except for a complaint concerning a violation of the Rules of the House of Representatives;
(4) cause to be investigated any complaints or allegations regarding a violation of the Rules of the House of Representatives or technical violation;
(5) upon request of any member, officer, or employee of the House render committee advisory opinions with regard to legislative ethics when, in its judgment, these opinions would serve the public interest. Such advisory opinions shall serve as binding precedent for the committee until specifically altered or withdrawn;
(6) act as an advisory body to the House and to individual members of or candidates for the House on questions pertaining to Chapter 13, Title 8 or Chapter 17, Title 2;
(7) issue through its staff a written informal advisory opinion, based on real or hypothetical sets of circumstances, to a person or entity within the committee’s jurisdiction upon that person’s or entity’s request. If an informal advisory opinion is raised as a defense in response to a complaint, the committee shall consider whether the respondent is the person who requested the informal advisory opinion or is a member of the entity that requested the informal opinion. The committee also shall consider the accuracy of the facts presented in the informal advisory opinion and determine whether the respondent relied in good faith upon the written informal advisory opinion. The committee shall consider this information prior to making a probable cause determination;
(8) administer or recommend appropriate sanctions or dismiss charges as the result of a properly filed complaint including a complaint which has been investigated by the commission;
(9) ascertain whether a person has failed to comply fully and accurately with the disclosure requirements of Chapter 13, Title 8 and promptly notify the person to file the necessary disclosures to satisfy the requirements and assess and collect any fines or fees authorized by state law for the failure to timely file a disclosure statement; and
(10) recommend a Rule or statutory change relating to ethics as the committee deems appropriate.[1][2]
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Membership

2023-2024 legislative session

House Ethics Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (5) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

House Ethics Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (5) Republican members (5) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

House Ethics Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (5) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

Peter McCoy (R) left this committee on March 30, 2020.

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Ethics Members, 2017
Democratic members (5)Republican members (5)
• J. David Weeks, Vice chair• Michael Pitts, Chair
• Chandra Dillard• Heather Ammons Crawford
• John King• George Smith, Jr.
• Beth Bernstein• Francis Delleney, Jr.
• Leonidas Stavrinakis• Dennis Moss

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

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2009-2010

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina House of Representatives, "Rules of the House (4.16)," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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