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Senator Turner, reporting for the subcommittee, told the committee that DJJ and local governments currently operate under a practice where local governments pay a $50 daily per-diem for pre-adjudication juveniles. Turner said DJJ has indicated that the $50 figure no longer covers rising operating and security costs and that the bill returns to the statutory cost split and directs DJJ to negotiate memoranda of understanding with counties and cities to implement the change. The subcommittee—chaired by Turner and including Senators Adams Devine, Bennett and Sutton—voted unanimously to give a favorable report.

The only witness who testified in person in the subcommittee hearing was the director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, identified in the transcript as Eden Hendrick, who described increased operating and security expenses and discussed local strategies to limit detention costs, such as partnering with stakeholders to develop and fund community-based alternatives including day reporting centers and other residential care options to keep youth close to home. Those alternatives were presented as ways localities might reduce reliance on secure detention and associated per-diem costs.

After the subcommittee report, the full committee voted to advance SB 374 with a favorable report; the chair recorded no opposition and noted proxy votes. The committee transcript does not include a roll-call tally or an amended text in committee; the bill as described removes a specific dollar amount from statute, restores DJJ responsibility for one-third of daily cost and requires DJJ to negotiate MOUs with counties and cities.

By forwarding SB 374 with a favorable report, the committee has sent the bill to the full Senate for further consideration.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Senate Corrections and Penology Committee Mar 20, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 374, which removes a fixed $50-per-day charge and restores a statutory cost split for juvenile pre-adjudication detention costs, received unanimous subcommittee and full committee support and will move to the full Senate.","taxTitle","Corrections and Penology, Standing, Senate, Committees, Legislative, South Carolina","taxId",17492,"location","South Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6119278,"Committee gives favorable report for Terry Sechinger’s Parole Board appointment",358,1000,359000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2712915-9cebb3b2f94419c6037f3dc37343486e&start=1&end=359","/articles/6119278/South-Carolina/Committee-gives-favorable-report-for-Terry-Sechingers-Parole-Board-appointment","The Senate Corrections and Penology Committee voted to give a favorable report to the full Senate on Terry Sechinger’s appointment to the Parole Board at a committee meeting where Sechinger described prior state service and committee members asked standard background questions.

Sechinger, identified in the committee record as the governor’s appointee representing the First Congressional District, told the committee she has “served in state government for about 30 years,” including previous service on the juvenile parole board and later work on education initiatives such as founding Palmetto Christian Academy in Mount Pleasant. Committee staff asked standard disclosure and background questions; Sechinger answered that she had no arrests, investigations, tax liens, bankruptcies or ethics sanctions to report.

The committee moved and seconded a motion to send the appointment to the full Senate with a favorable report; the committee chair called the vote and recorded no opposition and three proxy votes. The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript. With the favorable report, Sechinger’s nomination will be considered by the full Senate.

During her brief remarks Sechinger raised a safety concern for parole board members, urging the committee to consider legislation that would withhold parole board members’ names from publication in the legislative manual. She referenced a bill by number during that exchange that would limit publicizing certain officials’ personal information. Committee members said the House had recently acted on similar language and that administrative and technical difficulties could arise for agencies and offices if names and addresses are withheld. Those exchanges were discussion only and did not change the committee’s vote on her appointment.

The committee’s action was procedural: the favorable report moves the nomination forward to a full Senate confirmation process, where a final confirmation vote would be recorded.","The Senate Corrections and Penology Committee voted to send Terry Sechinger’s appointment to the Parole Board to the full Senate with a favorable report after a brief hearing and standard background questions.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee advances bill shifting juvenile pre-adjudication per-diem costs to a 1/3–2/3 split

Committee gives favorable report for Terry Sechinger’s Parole Board appointment