South Carolina Senate Bill 1237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 17-13-20, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Circumstances In Which A Citizen May Conduct A Citizen's Arrest, To Repeal The Provision That Authorizes A Citizen's Arrest During The Nighttime In Cases Where The Person Being Arrested Has Committed A Felony, Has Entered A Dwelling House Without Permission, Has Broken Into Or Is Breaking Into An Outhouse With A View To Plunder, Has In His Possession Stolen Property, Or Flees While He Is Hailed If He Is Under Just Suspicion Of His Design To Steal Or Commit Some Felony.

Citizen's arrest; repeal provisions that allows for citizen's arrest during nighttime

Sen. George Campsen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-06-23	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	13	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1237&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/1237_20200623.htm