South Carolina House Bill 3152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 23-1-250 So As To Prohibit A Law Enforcement Officer From Using Excessive Restraint, Which Includes, But Is Not Limited To, The Use Of Chokeholds And Strangleholds When Detaining A Person Or Unreasonable Force While Making An Arrest And To Provide Penalties For An Officer Who Uses Excessive Restraint Or Force; And By Adding Section 23-1-255 So As To Grant The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Specific And Exclusive Jurisdiction And Authority To Conduct An Investigation Of All Officer-involved Uses Of Force That Result, Or Could Have Resulted, In Severe Bodily Injury Or Death, To Allow For An Investigation Of An Officer-involved Use Of Force To Be Completed By A Separate Law Enforcement Agency In Certain Circumstances, To Establish A Protocol For Evidence Collection And Processing In Certain Circumstances, To Grant An Investigating Officer The Same Authority As He Would Have In His Home Jurisdiction For The Duration Of The Investigation, To Establish A Procedure For The Forwarding Of The Evidence To The Attorney General Upon Completion Of The Investigation, And To Establish Penalties For The Failure To Complete An Independent Investigation Pursuant To The Provisions Of This Section.

Law enforcement officers

Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]	Rep. Terry Alexander [D]	Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Justin Bamberg [D]
Rep. Wendy Brawley [D]	Rep. William Clyburn [D]	Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Kambrell Garvin [D]
Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]	Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers [D]	Rep. Patricia Henegan [D]
Rep. Lonnie Hosey [D]	Rep. Leon Howard [D]	Rep. JA Moore [D]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]
Rep. Jermaine Johnson [D]	Rep. Kimberly Johnson [D]	Rep. John King [D]	Rep. Krystle Matthews [D]
Rep. Annie McDaniel [D]	Rep. Chardale Murray [D]	Rep. Anne Parks [D]	Rep. Marvin Pendarvis [D]
Rep. Michael Rivers [D]	Rep. Leola Robinson-Simpson [D]	Sen. Deon Tedder [D]	Rep. Ivory Thigpen [D]
Rep. David Weeks [D]	Rep. Robert Williams [D]	Rep. Shedron Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-09	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	250	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3152&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3152_20201209.htm