South Carolina Senate Bill 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Sections 16-15-90 And 16-15-100, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Both Relating To Prostitution Offenses, So As To Increase The Penalties For Solicitation Of Prostitution, Establishing Or Keeping A Brothel Or House Of Prostitution, Or Causing Or Inducing Another To Participate In Prostitution; To Establish The Affirmative Defense When A Victim Of Human Trafficking Is Charged With A Prostitution Offense; To Increase The Penalties For Soliciting, Causing, Or Inducing Another For Or Into Prostitution When The Prostitute Has A Mental Disability; And To Repeal Section 16-15-110 Relating To Prostitution.

Prostitution offenses

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]

Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]

Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]

Sen. Ronnie Cromer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-12-12	Senate	Prefiled

S0194 (Similar To) 2020-09-22 - Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
H3074 (Similar To) 2019-01-10 - Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Wooten
H3296 (Similar To) 2019-03-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	15	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	15	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	15	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0023&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/23_20181212.htm