SC H3013 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute, Increase The Penalties For A Violation, And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; By Amending Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon", By Amending Sections 16-23-220, 16-23-230, And 16-23-240, All Relating To The Unlawful Transportation, Storing, Keeping, Or Possessing, And Sale, Rental, Or Giving Away Of Machine Guns, Military Firearms, Sawed-off Shotguns Or Rifles, Respectively, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The List Of Weapons Banned By The Provisions Of The Statutes; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful To Sell Or Give A Firearm To A Person Whose Name Appears On The Terrorist Watch List And To Provide A Penalty For A Person Who Violates This Provision.

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Title

Prohibition on Assault Weapons

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2023-01-31 Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-18HouseMember(s) request name removed as sponsor: Kirby
2023-01-11HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson, Thigpen, Pendarvis
2023-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10HouseIntroduced and read first time
2022-12-08HouseReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-12-08HousePrefiled

Same As/Similar To

H3341 (Similar To) 2023-01-31 - Scrivener's error corrected

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1623210(n/a)See Bill Text
1623220(n/a)See Bill Text
1623230(n/a)See Bill Text
1623240(n/a)See Bill Text
162350(n/a)See Bill Text

South Carolina State Sources


Bill Comments

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