SC H3774 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 53)
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-10 - Recommitted to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #8) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-10 - Recommitted to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #8) [HTML]
Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "human Life Protection Act"; By Adding Article 7 To Chapter 41, Title 44 So As To Ban Abortions In This State, To Provide For Exceptions To The Ban On Abortions, To Protect The Use Of Contraceptives And Alternative Reproductive Technologies, To Provide Penalties, To Provide A Civil Cause Of Action For Failure To Comply With The Requirements Of This Article, To Provide That A Woman Cannot Be Prosecuted For Having An Abortion, To Provide That Physicians Or Other Licensed Professionals Shall Lose Their License For Violations Of This Article, And To Provide That A Woman's Name May Remain Anonymous In Proceedings Initiated Pursuant To This Article; By Adding Section 44-41-90 So As To Provide That The State Health Insurance Program May Not Pay For Abortions, To Prohibit State Funds From Being Used For The Purchase Of Fetal Tissue Or Fetal Remains Obtained From An Abortion, And To Defund Planned Parenthood; By Adding Section 63-17-325 So As To Require A Biological Father To Pay Child Support Beginning At Conception; By Adding Section 38-71-146 So As To Require All Individual And Group Health Insurance And Hmo Policies To Cover Contraceptives; By Requiring The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority To Cover Prescribed Contraceptives For Dependents; By Amending Section 44-41-710, Relating To Construction And Application Of This Article, So As To Remove Language Related To Implicit Repeal; By Amending Section 44-41-480, Relating To Construction Against Implicit Repeal Of Existing Law, So As To Remove Language Related To Implicit Repeal; By Repealing Section 44-41-20 Relating To Legal Abortions; By Amending Section 44-41-70, Relating To Promulgation Of Rules And Regulations For Certification Of Hospitals And Other Facilities, So As To Delete A Reference To Section 44-41-20; And By Providing An Unconditional Right To Intervene In Challenges To This Act By The President Of The Senate And The Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
Title
Abortion Ban with Exceptions
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate: To Continue (Y: 22 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a - Cloture (Y: 21 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [FAIL]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: To Adjourn (Y: 23 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a - Cloture (Y: 23 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a - Cloture (Y: 23 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a (Y: 23 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 22 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate: To Appeal Decision Of The President (Y: 5 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 77 N: 31 NV: 10 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 83 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 22 Amendment Number 22 (Y: 82 N: 31 NV: 6 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 5 Amendment Number 5 (Y: 65 N: 44 NV: 8 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 21 Amendment Number 21 (Y: 74 N: 33 NV: 10 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 18 Amendment Number 18 (Y: 74 N: 21 NV: 23 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 12 Amendment Number 12 (Y: 77 N: 27 NV: 14 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 11 Amendment Number 11 (Y: 82 N: 23 NV: 13 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 9 Amendment Number 9 (Y: 77 N: 28 NV: 14 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 6 Amendment Number 6 (Y: 60 N: 42 NV: 17 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a - Cloture (Y: 21 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [FAIL]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: To Adjourn (Y: 23 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a - Cloture (Y: 23 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a - Cloture (Y: 23 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Rule 15a (Y: 23 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 22 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate: To Appeal Decision Of The President (Y: 5 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 77 N: 31 NV: 10 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 83 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 22 Amendment Number 22 (Y: 82 N: 31 NV: 6 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 5 Amendment Number 5 (Y: 65 N: 44 NV: 8 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 21 Amendment Number 21 (Y: 74 N: 33 NV: 10 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 18 Amendment Number 18 (Y: 74 N: 21 NV: 23 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 12 Amendment Number 12 (Y: 77 N: 27 NV: 14 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 11 Amendment Number 11 (Y: 82 N: 23 NV: 13 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 9 Amendment Number 9 (Y: 77 N: 28 NV: 14 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Table Amendment 6 Amendment Number 6 (Y: 60 N: 42 NV: 17 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Recommitted to Committee on Medical Affairs |
| 2023-04-27 | Senate | Continued |
| 2023-04-26 | Senate | Debate interrupted |
| 2023-04-26 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 2023-04-25 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-22 Nays-21 |
| 2023-04-25 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2023-04-25 | Senate | Amended |
| 2023-04-19 | Senate | Special order, set for April 19, 2023 |
| 2023-04-19 | Senate | Recalled from Committee on Medical Affairs |
| 2023-02-16 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs |
| 2023-02-16 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 2023-02-16 | House | Roll call Yeas-77 Nays-31 |
| 2023-02-16 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate |
| 2023-02-16 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 2023-02-15 | House | Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-31 |
| 2023-02-15 | House | Read second time |
| 2023-02-15 | House | Amended |
| 2023-02-14 | House | Requests for debate-Rep |
| 2023-02-14 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chumley, Forrest |
| 2023-02-09 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 2023-02-09 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: S.Jones, Pace, Gibson, Robbins, Burns |
| 2023-02-08 | House | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary |
| 2023-02-07 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Haddon |
| 2023-02-01 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chapman |
| 2023-01-31 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder |
| 2023-01-25 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow, M.M.Smith, Hardee, J.E.Johnson, Hixon, Bustos, Erickson, Landing, Davis, Crawford, B.L.Cox, Connell, Vaughan, Ligon, T.Moore, Moss, Lawson, Hyde, Leber, B.J.Cox, Wooten, Whitmire, Long, Gagnon, Bradley, Herbkersman, Nutt, Mitchell, B.Newton, Jordan, Brewer, Murphy, Gilliam, Willis, Blackwell, Elliott, Guest, Oremus |
| 2023-01-24 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2023-01-24 | House | Introduced and read first time |
Same As/Similar To
S0240 (Similar To) 2023-02-08 - Scrivener's error corrected
H3552 (Similar To) 2023-01-19 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Murphy, Brewer, Hager
H3552 (Similar To) 2023-01-19 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Murphy, Brewer, Hager
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 71 | 146 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 44 | 41 | 20 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 44 | 41 | 480 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 44 | 41 | 70 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 44 | 41 | 710 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 44 | 41 | 90 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 63 | 17 | 325 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
