South Carolina Senate Bill 32 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, To Enact The "south Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Protection From Abortion Act" By Adding Article 6 To Chapter 41, Title 44 So As To Require Testing For A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat Before An Abortion Is Performed On A Pregnant Woman And To Prohibit The Performance Of An Abortion When A Fetal Heartbeat Is Detected, Both With 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, Relating To Required Reporting Of Abortion Data To The Department Of Health And Environmental Control, So As To Add Reporting Of Fetal Heartbeat Testing And Patient Medical Condition Data; And To Amend Section 44-41-330, Relating To A Pregnant Woman's Right To Know Certain Pregnancy Information, So As To Require Notification Of The Detection Of A Fetal Heartbeat.

SC Fetal Heartbeat Protection from Abortion Act

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Chauncey Gregory [R]
Sen. Wes Climer [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. Scott Talley [R]	Sen. Paul Campbell [R]
Sen. Ross Turner [R]

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

H3020 (Similar To) 2020-01-15 - Scrivener's error corrected

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=0032&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/32_20181212.htm