South Carolina House Bill 3296 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
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 Sections 16-15-90 And 16-15-100, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Both Relating To Prostitution Offenses, So As To Increase The Penalties For Solicitation Of Prostitution, Establishing Or Keeping A Brothel Or House Of Prostitution, Or Causing Or Inducing Another To Participate In Prostitution; To Establish The Affirmative Defense When A Victim Of Human Trafficking Is Charged With A Prostitution Offense; To Increase The Penalties For Soliciting, Causing, Or Inducing Another For Or Into Prostitution When The Prostitute Has A Mental Disability; And To Repeal Section 16-15-110 Relating To Prostitution.

Prostitution offenses

Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Neal Collins [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]
Rep. William Clyburn [D]	Rep. Anne Thayer [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]
Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. Linda Bennett [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
2019-01-29	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bennett
2019-01-23	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Burns, Huggins
2019-01-16	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy
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

S0023 (Similar To) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
S0194 (Similar To) 2020-09-22 - Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
H3074 (Similar To) 2019-01-10 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Wooten

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	15	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	15	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	15	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3296&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3296_20181218.htm