South Carolina House Bill 3277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 63-7-20, As Amended, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Terms Defined In The South Carolina Children's Code, So As To Incorporate "torture" Into The Definition Of "child Abuse Or Neglect" And To Define The Term; To Amend Section 63-7-1640, Relating In Part To The Right Of The Department Of Social Services To Forego Family Preservation And Reunification In The Case Of Torture, So As To Make Conforming Changes; To Amend Section 63-7-2570, Relating To Grounds For Termination Of Parental Rights, So As To Add Torture, Or Conspiring To Commit Torture, As A Ground For Terminating A Parent's Rights; To Amend Section 16-3-85, Relating To Homicide By Child Abuse, So As To Add Death Of A Child By Torture, Or By Conspiring To Torture, As Actions Constituting The Offense, And To Establish Criminal Penalties; By Adding Section 16-3-100 So As To Provide That Torturing A Child, Or Allowing Another To Torture A Child, Is A Criminal Offense, And To Establish Penalties; And For Other Purposes.

Torture

Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Neal Collins [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]
Rep. Mandy Norrell [D]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]
Rep. Garry Smith [R]	Rep. Ashley Trantham [R]	Rep. McLain Toole [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Johnson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
2019-03-11	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole
2019-02-05	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham
2019-01-31	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: G.R.Smith
2019-01-23	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins, Long
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-12-18	House	Prefiled

S0189 (Similar To) 2019-04-11 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	3	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	3	85	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	1640	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	2570	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3277&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3277_20181218.htm