South Carolina Senate Bill 1

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "south Carolina Fetal Heartbeat And Protection From Abortion Act"; To Amend Chapter 41, Title 44 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Abortions, By Adding Article 6, To Require Testing For A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat Before An Abortion Is Performed On A Pregnant Woman, To Prohibit The Performance Of An Abortion If A Fetal Heartbeat Is Detected, To Provide Medical Emergency Exceptions, To Require Certain Documentation And Recordkeeping By Physicians Performing Abortions, To Create A Civil Action For A Pregnant Woman Upon Whom An Abortion Is Performed, To Create Criminal Penalties, And For Other Purposes; To Amend Section 44-41-460(a) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Required Reporting Of Abortion Data To The Department Of Health And Environmental Control, To Add Reporting Of Fetal Heartbeat Testing And Patient Medical Condition Data; And To Amend Section 44-41-330(a)(1) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To A Pregnant Woman's Right To Know Certain Information, To Require Notification Of The Detection Of A Fetal Heartbeat.

SC Fetal Heartbeat Protection from Abortion Act

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Billy Garrett [R]
Sen. Shane Martin [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. David Climer [R]	Rep. Thomas Corbin [R]
Sen. Ronnie Cromer [R]	Rep. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]
Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2021-01-12	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2020-12-09	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	41	330	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	460	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0001&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/1_20201209.htm