General Committee, South Carolina State Senate (decommissioned)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
South Carolina State Senate
SLP badge.png
Senate Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
EducationEthics
Family and Veterans' Services
Finance
Fish, Game, and ForestryInterstate CooperationInvitations
JudiciaryLabor, Commerce, and Industry
Legislative Oversight
Medical AffairsRulesTransportation

House Committees


The General Committee was a standing committee of the South Carolina State Senate.

Function

The 2013 South Carolina Senate rules described the functions of the committee as outlined below.

The Standing Committees of the Senate shall be as follows and shall have jurisdiction over legislation, appointments and other matters which fall within the title or titles of the Code of Laws as are herein below enumerated for the General Committee: Titles 25, 39 (blind persons), 43, 45, and 52.[1][2]

Membership

2017 legislative session

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

General Members, 2017
Democratic members (7)Republican members (8)
Thomas McElveenKatrina Shealy, Chair
Karl AllenTom Young
Vincent SheheenWes Climer
Kevin JohnsonStephen Goldfinch, Jr.
John ScottScott Talley
Mike FanningMichael Gambrell
Mia McLeodRoss Turner
William Timmons

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

2011-2012

2009-2010

External links

Footnotes

  1. South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed January 24, 2014(Rule 19 (a))
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.