South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 3073

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pendarvis, Robinson, Thigpen, Cobb-Hunter, Matthews, Brawley, Henegan, McDaniel and Henderson-Myers
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19809cz21.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Landlord and tenants

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 59)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 59)
   2/23/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Matthews
   3/16/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley
   4/14/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan, 
                        McDaniel, Henderson-Myers

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 27-40-250 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT A TENANT AND LANDLORD ENGAGE IN MEDIATION AFTER THE EJECTION ACTION IS INSTITUTED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.

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

SECTION    1.    Subarticle 3, Article 1, Chapter 40, Title 27 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 27-40-250.    After an eviction action is instituted by the landlord, the parties shall participate in a mediation conference or other form of alternative dispute resolution within thirty days. The court may not schedule a hearing until an affidavit is filed by both parties stating the date of the mediation conference and attesting that the mediation conference was unsuccessful under penalty of perjury."

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

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