South Carolina Senate Bill 1028 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on June 17 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-06-17 - Act No. 221

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 32-8-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS WHO MAY SERVE AS A DECEDENT'S AGENT TO AUTHORIZE CREMATION, SO AS ALSO TO PERMIT A PERSON NAMED IN THE DECEDENT'S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECORD OF EMERGENCY DATA FORM (DD FORM 93), OR ITS SUCCESSOR FORM, TO AUTHORIZE CREMATION IF THE DECEDENT DIED WHILE SERVING IN ANY BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES AND THERE IS NO KNOWN DESIGNATION IN THE WILL OR OTHER VERIFIED AND ATTESTED DOCUMENT OF THE DECEDENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-280, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER PROVISIONS, THE REQUIREMENT OF CONTACT WITH THE NEXT-OF-KIN OR OTHER PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE A DECEDENT'S REMAINS MAY BE REMOVED TO A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT, SO AS TO INCLUDE A PERSON NAMED BY THE DECEDENT IN HIS DD FORM 93 AS A PERSON REQUIRED TO BE CONTACTED IF THE DECEDENT DIED WHILE SERVING IN ANY BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES. - ratified title

Include A Person Named By The Decedent In His Dd Form 93 As A Person Required To Be Contacted If The Decedent Died While Serving In Any Branch Of The United States Armed Services. - Ratified Title

Sen. Phil Leventis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-17		Act No. 221
2010-06-15		Effective date 06/08/10
2010-06-08		Signed By Governor
2010-06-02		Ratified R 289
2010-05-26		Read third time and enrolled HJ-10
2010-05-25		Read second time HJ-37
2010-05-20		Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-3
2010-03-09		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-66
2010-03-09		Introduced and read first time HJ-66
2010-03-09		Read third time and sent to House SJ-20
2010-03-04		Read second time SJ-26
2010-03-04		Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-26
2010-03-03		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-11
2010-01-19		Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Cleary, Williams, Mulvaney, Nicholson
2010-01-12		Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-60
2010-01-12		Introduced and read first time SJ-60

H4438 (Similar To) 2010-04-28 - Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Cleary, Williams, Mulvaney, Nicholson
H4706 (Similar To) 2010-03-09 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-6

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	8	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	19	280	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=1028&session=118