South Carolina Senate Bill 189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on April 9 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-11 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 63-7-1640(c)(1)(d) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Family Preservation And Reunification, To Allow The Department Of Social Services To Forego Reasonable Efforts To Reunify A Family In The Case Of Torture; To Amend Section 63-7-2570 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Grounds For Termination Of Parental Rights, To Add Torture, Or Conspiring To Commit Torture, As A Ground For Terminating A Parent's Rights; To Amend Section 16-3-85 (a) And (c) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Homicide By Child Abuse, To Add Death Of A Child By Torture, Or By Conspiring To Torture, As Actions Constituting The Offense, And To Establish Criminal Penalties; To Amend Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 16 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Homicide, By Adding Section 16-3-100, To Provide That Torturing A Child, Or Allowing Another To Torture A Child, Is A Criminal Offense, And To Establish Penalties; And To Define Necessary Terms.

Torture of a child

Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]

Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]

2019-04-09 - Senate - Senate: 3rd Reading (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-11	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-04-11	House	Introduced and read first time
2019-04-09	Senate	Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
2019-04-09	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2019-04-09	Senate	Amended
2019-04-03	Senate	Read second time
2019-03-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-03-26	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2019-03-14		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-03-13	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on General
2018-12-12	Senate	Prefiled

H3277 (Similar To) 2019-03-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	3	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	3	85	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	1640	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	2570	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0189&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/189_20181212.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/189_20190313.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/189_20190314.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/189_20190326.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/189_20190327.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/189_20190409.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16288