Judiciary Committee, South Carolina State Senate
The Judiciary Committee is a standing committee of the South Carolina State Senate.
Per Section 19 (d) of the Senate Rules, committees of the South Carolina State Senate are assigned through self-selection by Senate members. For committee selection, the Clerk of the Senate will make a list of all Senate members in the order of length of service and the members with the longest continuous service will select first. This process will continue until all members are assigned. Committees are assigned at the start of the new session following the election of Senate members.[1] The chairperson of each standing committee will be the senior member of the committee from the majority party. If a vacancy were to occur in the chairmanship of a standing committee, then the next most senior member from the majority party would take over.[2]
See rules: Rules of the Senate of South Carolina
Function
According to Rule 19 of the Senate Rules, the Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over the following titles of the South Carolina Code of Laws:
| “ | Constitution, Titles 1, 2, 4, 5 through 8, 14 through 23, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33 (electric cooperatives), 42, 44 (drug related offenses), 56 (criminal offenses), 58, 61, 62 and 63 (family court, legal issues)[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(1) |
2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 2021-2022 |
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|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(1) |
2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Judiciary Committee, 2019-2020 |
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|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(1) |
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Judiciary Members, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (13) | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Luke Rankin, Chair | |||
| • Thomas McElveen | • Shane Massey | |||
| • Marlon Kimpson | • Ross Turner | |||
| • Margie Bright Matthews | • Wes Climer | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • Stephen Goldfinch, Jr. | |||
| • Kevin Johnson | • Rex Rice | |||
| • Ronnie Sabb | • Scott Talley | |||
| • Mike Fanning | • George Campsen | |||
| • Mia McLeod | • Katrina Shealy | |||
| • Tom Young | ||||
| • Michael Gambrell | ||||
| • Sandy Senn | ||||
| • William Timmons | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Judiciary Committee Members, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • C. Bradley Hutto | • Larry A. Martin, Chair | |||
| • Ronnie Sabb | • A. Shane Massey | |||
| • Creighton B. Coleman | • Chauncey K. Gregory | |||
| • Marlon Kimpson | • Sean Bennett | |||
| • J. Thomas McElveen, III | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Kevin L. Johnson | • Paul Thurmond | |||
| • Karl B. Allen | • Tom Young, Jr. | |||
| • John L. Scott, Jr. | • Ross Turner | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Katrina Frye Shealy | |||
| • Thomas D. "Tom" Corbin | ||||
| • Shane R. Martin | ||||
| • Lee Bright | ||||
| • George E. "Chip" Campsen, III | ||||
| • Luke A. Rankin | ||||
2013-2014
| Judiciary Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • C. Bradley Hutto | • Larry A. Martin, Chair | |||
| • Vincent A. Sheheen | • A. Shane Massey | |||
| • Creighton B. Coleman | • Chauncey K. Gregory | |||
| • Floyd Nicholson | • Sean Bennett | |||
| • J. Thomas McElveen, III | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Kevin L. Johnson | • Paul Thurmond | |||
| • Karl B. Allen | • Tom Young, Jr. | |||
| • John L. Scott, Jr. | • Ross Turner | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Katrina Frye Shealy | |||
| • Thomas D. "Tom" Corbin | ||||
| • Shane R. Martin | ||||
| • Lee Bright | ||||
| • George E. "Chip" Campsen, III | ||||
| • Luke A. Rankin | ||||
2011-2012
| Judiciary Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (12) | |||
| • Creighton Coleman | • Larry Martin, Chair | |||
| • Robert Ford | • Lee Bright | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • George Campsen | |||
| • Joel Lourie | • Paul Campbell | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Raymond Cleary | |||
| • Floyd Nicholson | • Tom Davis | |||
| • John Scott | • John Knotts | |||
| • Vincent Sheheen | • Shane Martin | |||
| • Kent Williams, South Carolina Senator | • Shane Massey | |||
| • Luke Rankin | ||||
| • Mike Rose | ||||
| • Phillip Shoopman | ||||
2009-2010
| Judiciary Committee Members, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • Creighton Coleman | • Lee Bright | |||
| • Robert Ford | • Paul Campbell | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • George Campsen | |||
| • Joel Lourie | • Raymond Cleary | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Tom Davis | |||
| • Floyd Nicholson | • John Knotts | |||
| • John Scott | • Larry Martin | |||
| • Vincent Sheheen | • Shane Martin | |||
| • Kent Williams | • Shane Massey | |||
| • Glenn McConnell | ||||
| • Mick Mulvaney | ||||
| • Luke Rankin | ||||
| • Mike Rose | ||||
| • Phillip Shoopman | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 19 (d))
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 19 (e))
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina (Rule 19)," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
