South Carolina · 126th Session (2025-2026)
H 5120Law
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This bill amends South Carolina law to clarify procedures regarding juvenile fingerprints, photographs, and records. Specifically, it mandates that school principals be notified when a child is charged with certain offenses, such as violent crimes or drug distribution. It also clarifies when juvenile fingerprint records and photographs are taken, how they are maintained, and the circumstances under which they can be transmitted to other agencies or persons. Furthermore, it requires incident reports about children charged with specific offenses to be provided to school principals.
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Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 72)
Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 12)
Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 15)
Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 15)
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 22)
Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 64)
Read second time (Senate Journal-page 64)
Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 64)
Read third time and returned to House with amendments (Senate Journal-page 103)
Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled (House Journal-page 56)
Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 57)
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