South Carolina S 374: Voting

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2025-2026 Bill 374 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 25, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 374

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Committee Report

March 25, 2025

S. 374

Introduced 
by Senators Martin and Hembree 

S. Printed 3/25/25--S.

Read the first time February 25, 2025

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The committee on Senate Corrections 
and Penology

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 374) to amend 
the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 63-19-360, relating to 
institutional services, so as to provide that the department must enter into, etc., 
respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered 
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

SHANE MARTIN for Committee.

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 63-19-360, RELATING TO INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT 
THE DEPARTMENT MUST ENTER INTO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS WITH COUNTIES OR MUNICIPALITIES 
WHO USE THE DEPARTMENT'S DETENTION SERVICES DETAILING THE PER DIEM COSTS AND 
INVOICE PROCESS; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-19-1610, RELATING TO EXCLUSIVE CARE AND 
PAYMENT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR USE OF THE FACILITIES, SO AS TO DELETE 
INCONSISTENT LANGUAGE REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF A FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS A DAY PER 
CHILD; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 14-1-208, RELATING TO ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS, SO 
AS TO DELETE INCONSISTENT LANGUAGE REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF A FEE OF TWENTY-FIVE 
DOLLARS A DAY PER CHILD.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-19-360(4) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (4) providing juvenile detention 
services for juveniles charged with having committed a criminal offense who are 
found, after a detention screening or detention hearing, to require detention 
or placement outside the home pending an adjudication of delinquency or 
dispositional hearing. Detention services provided by the department for the 
benefit of the counties and municipalities of this State must include secure 
juvenile detention centers. The size and capacity of the juvenile detention 
facilities needed must be determined by the department after its consideration 
and review of minimum standards for local detention facilities in South 
Carolina for the design, construction, and operation of juvenile detention 
centers. These recognized state standards must be met or exceeded by the 
department in determining the size and capacity of the juvenile detention 
centers and in planning for the construction and operation of the facilities. 
The department shall determine and announce the anticipated maximum operational 
capacity of each facility and shall contact each county and municipal 
governmental body in this State for the purpose of determining which counties 
or municipalities anticipate utilizing these facilities upon each facility 
becoming operational. The department shall inform each county and municipal 
governmental body of the existing state and federal laws regarding the 
confinement of juveniles charged with committing criminal offenses, of each 
county's and municipality's ability to develop its own facility or to contract 
with other counties or municipalities for the development of a regional 
facility, and of the availability of the department's facilities. This notice 
must be provided to each county and municipality for the purpose of determining 
which county governmental bodies desire to enter into an intergovernmental 
agreement with the department for the detention of juveniles from their 
particular community who are charged with committing a criminal offense for 
which pretrial detention is both authorized and appropriate. No later than 
September 1, 1993, the department shall report to the Budget and Control Board 
on the strategy of each county to comply with requirements of counties under 
this chapter. The department must include with its report a plan for the 
construction and the operation of those facilities which are projected to be 
necessary for the preadjudicatory detention of juveniles in this State. No 
later than September first of each subsequent year, the department shall report 
to the board on the status of all preadjudicatory juvenile detention facilities 
known to be operational or planned, regardless of ownership or management. 
Beginning with the report to the board which is due no later than September 1, 
1996, the department must include an annual status report on the numbers of 
juveniles in pretrial detention who are awaiting disposition in general 
sessions court, whether they have been waived by the family court or whether 
they qualify due to the offense with which they are charged. The board then 
will coordinate with all responsible and affected agencies and entitie