South Carolina House Bill 3478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-17 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Grant The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Specific And Exclusive Jurisdiction And Authority To Conduct An Investigation Of All Officer-involved Uses Of Force That Result, Or Could Have Resulted, In Severe Bodily Injury Or Death, To Allow For An Investigation Of An Officer-involved Use Of Force To Be Completed By A Separate Law Enforcement Agency In Certain Circumstances, To Establish A Protocol For Evidence Collection And Processing In Certain Circumstances, To Grant An Investigating Officer The Same Authority As He Would Have In His Home Jurisdiction For The Duration Of The Investigation, To Establish A Procedure For The Forwarding Of The Evidence To The Attorney General Upon Completion Of The Investigation, And To Establish Penalties For The Failure To Complete An Independent Investigation Pursuant To The Provisions Of This Section.

Law enforcement

Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-01-17	House	Introduced and read first time

H3020 (Similar To) 2017-01-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robinson-Simpson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	250	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3478&session=122&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3478_20170117.htm