South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A239, R320, S763

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ravenel, Knotts and Kuhn
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20782sd04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2004
Introduced in the House on February 10, 2004
Last Amended on January 22, 2004
Passed by the General Assembly on May 12, 2004
Governor's Action: May 24, 2004, Signed

Summary: Voter registration applications, delete requirement to provide social security number on application form

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/2/2003  Senate  Prefiled
   12/2/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-14
   1/13/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-14
   1/21/2004  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-8
   1/22/2004  Senate  Amended SJ-22
   1/22/2004  Senate  Read second time SJ-22
    2/4/2004  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-47
   2/10/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-10
   2/10/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-10
    5/5/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-2
   5/11/2004  House   Read second time HJ-11
   5/12/2004  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-15
   5/19/2004          Ratified R 320
   5/24/2004          Signed By Governor
   5/27/2004          Copies available
   5/27/2004          Effective date 05/24/04
   6/10/2004          Act No. 239

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/2/2003
1/21/2004
1/22/2004
5/5/2004

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A239, R320, S763)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-5-170, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF THE APPLICANT REQUIRED ON THE APPLICATION SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.

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

Social Security number not open to public inspection

SECTION    1.    Section 7-5-170(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(1)    Written application required. -- No person may be registered to vote except upon written application which shall become a part of the permanent records of the board to which it is presented and which must be open to public inspection. However, the social security number contained in the application as required by this section must not be open to public inspection."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 19th day of May, 2004.

Approved the 24th day of May, 2004.

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