Current Status Bill Number:4284 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950531 Primary Sponsor:McAbee All Sponsors:McAbee and Harrison Drafted Document Number:pt\2071ac.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Date of Last Amendment:19960125 Subject:Name change, provisions
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19960130 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
House 19960126 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19960125 Unanimous consent for third
reading on the next Legislative day
House 19960125 Amended, read second time
House 19960124 Committee report: Favorable with 25 HJ
amendment
House 19950531 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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AMENDED
January 25, 1996
H. 4284
S. Printed 1/25/96--H.
Read the first time May 31, 1995.
TO AMEND SECTION 15-49-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AN APPLICATION FOR A NAME CHANGE, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE PERSON TO SUBMIT A CERTIFIED COPY OF HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND TO PROHIBIT PETITIONING FOR A NAME CHANGE IF THE PERSON IS INCARCERATED, ON PROBATION, OR PAROLE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 15-49-10(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 344 of 1990, is further amended to read:
"(A) A person who desires to change his name may petition, in writing, a Family Court Judge in the appropriate circuit, setting forth the reason for the change, his age, his place of residence and birth, and the name by which he desires to be known. However, no person may petition a Family Court Judge for a name change while the person is incarcerated in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, on probation, or parole."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.