South Carolina House Bill 3440 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-04 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-14
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE "HOME INVASION PROTECTION ACT", BY ADDING SECTION 16-11-395 TO ESTABLISH THE OFFENSES OF HOME INVASION IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DEGREES, AND TO PROVIDE GRADUATED PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 16-1-60, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LIST OF VIOLENT CRIMES, SO AS TO INCLUDE HOME INVASION, FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER, SO AS TO INCLUDE AS A SEPARATE STATUTORY AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE IMPOSED, A MURDER COMMITTED WHILE IN THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE OF HOME INVASION IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

Include As A Separate Statutory Aggravating Circumstance Which May Be Considered In The Determination Of Whether The Death Penalty Should Be Imposed, A Murder Committed While In The Commission Of The Offense Of Home Invasion In The First Degree.

Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Joseph Daning [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]
Rep. Lonnie Hosey [D]	Rep. Harry Limehouse [R]	Rep. David Mack [D]	Rep. Vida Miller [D]
Rep. Michael Sottile [R]	Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]	Rep. David Umphlett [R]	Rep. Jackson Whipper [D]
Rep. Robert Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-04		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-14
2009-02-04		Introduced and read first time HJ-14

S0153 (Similar To) -

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	11	395	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	3	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=3440&session=118