South Carolina H 5119: Etiquette Day in SC

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2025-2026 Bill 5119 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 05, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5119

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 63-19-1820, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF JUVENILE PAROLE, SO AS TO APPLY TO 
JUVENILES COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AS THE RESULT OF 
ADJUDICATION FOR A VIOLENT FELONY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-19-1820(A)(1) and (2) of the S.C. Code is 
amended to read:

 (1) The Board of Juvenile Parole 
shall meet monthly and at other times as may be necessary to review the records 
and progress of juveniles committed to the custody of the Department of 
Juvenile Justice as a result of adjudication for a violent 
felony for the purpose of deciding the release or revocation of release 
of these juveniles. The board shall make periodic inspections, at least 
quarterly, of the records of these juveniles and may issue temporary and final 
discharges or release these juveniles conditionally and prescribe conditions 
for release into aftercare. Before a juvenile is conditionally released, the 
juvenile must agree in writing to be subject to search or seizure, without a 
search warrant, with or without cause, of the juvenile's person, any vehicle 
the juvenile owns or is driving, and any of the juvenile's possessions by:

 (a) 
the juvenile's aftercare counselor;

 (b) 
any probation agent employed by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon 
Services; or

 (c) 
any other law enforcement officer.

 A juvenile may not be 
conditionally released by the parole board if he fails to comply with this 
provision. However, a juvenile who was adjudicated 
delinquent of a Class C misdemeanor or an unclassified misdemeanor that carries 
a term of imprisonment of not more than one year may not be required to agree 
to be subject to search or seizure, without a search warrant, with or without 
cause, of the juvenile's person, any vehicle the juvenile owns or is driving, 
or any of the juvenile's possessions.

 Immediately before 
each search or seizure conducted pursuant to this item, the law enforcement 
officer seeking to conduct the search or seizure must verify with the 
Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services or by any other means 
available to the officer that the individual upon whom the search or seizure 
will be conducted is currently on parole or probation or that the individual is 
currently subject to the provisions of his conditional release. A law 
enforcement officer conducting a search or seizure without a warrant pursuant 
to this item shall report to the law enforcement agency that employs him all of 
these searches or seizures, which shall include the name, address, age, gender, 
and race or ethnicity of the person that is the subject of the search or 
seizure. The law enforcement agency shall submit this information at the end of 
each month to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services for 
review of abuse. A finding of abuse of the use of searches or seizures without 
a search warrant must be reported by the Department of Probation, Parole and 
Pardon Services to the State Law Enforcement Division for investigation. If the 
law enforcement officer fails to report each search or seizure pursuant to this 
item, he is subject to discipline pursuant to the employing agency's policies 
and procedures.

 (2)(a) It is the right of a juvenile who 
has not committed a violent offense, as defined by Section 16-1-60, and for 
whom the board is the releasing entity, to appear personally before the board 
every three months for the purpose of parole consideration, but no appearance 
may begin until the board determines that an appropriate period of time has 
elapsed since the juvenile's commitment.

 (b)(2) The board may waive the quarterly review of juveniles 
committed to the department, for whom the board is the releasing entity, for the commission of a violent crime, as defined in Section 
16-1-60, until the juvenile reaches the minimum parole guidelines the 
board establishes for the juvenile. At that point, the board may schedule its 
first review of the juvenile from three months up to twelve months after the 
juvenile reaches the minimum parole guidelines established by the board. The 
scheduling of subsequent reviews is in the discretion of the board but must 
occur within three to twelve months of the juvenile's last appearance.

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

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