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S. 1295
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Sponsors: Senators Cromer, Sheheen, Lourie, Hawkins, Alexander, Anderson, Bryant, Campsen, Cleary, Courson, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Gregory, Grooms, Hayes, Hutto, Jackson, Knotts, Land, Leatherman, Leventis, Malloy, Martin, Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Mescher, Moore, O'Dell, Patterson, Peeler, Pinckney, Rankin, Reese, Richardson, Ritchie, Ryberg, Scott, Setzler, Short, J. Verne Smith, Thomas, Verdin and Williams
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 4965
Introduced in the Senate on March 29, 2006
Introduced in the House on May 2, 2006
Last Amended on April 27, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Funeral service
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/29/2006 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6 3/29/2006 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6 3/29/2006 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hawkins (ch), Cromer, Sheheen, Lourie 4/26/2006 Senate Polled out of committee Judiciary SJ-27 4/26/2006 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-27 4/27/2006 Senate Amended SJ-94 4/27/2006 Senate Read second time SJ-94 4/28/2006 Scrivener's error corrected 5/2/2006 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-8 5/2/2006 House Introduced and read first time HJ-21 5/2/2006 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-22
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
3/29/2006
4/26/2006
4/27/2006
4/28/2006
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED AND AMENDED
April 27, 2006
S. 1295
Introduced by Senators Cromer, Sheheen, Lourie, Hawkins, Alexander, Anderson, Bryant, Campsen, Cleary, Courson, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Gregory, Grooms, Hayes, Hutto, Jackson, Knotts, Land, Leatherman, Leventis, Malloy, Martin, Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Mescher, Moore, O'Dell, Patterson, Peeler, Pinckney, Rankin, Reese, Richardson, Ritchie, Ryberg, Scott, Setzler, Short, J. Verne Smith, Thomas, Verdin and Williams
S. Printed 4/27/06--S. [SEC 4/28/06 2:54 PM]
Read the first time March 29, 2006.
TO AMEND ARTICLE 7, CHAPTER 17, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-525 TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO WILFULLY OR MALICIOUSLY DISTURB OR INTERRUPT A FUNERAL SERVICE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-17-525. (A) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully, knowingly, or maliciously disturb or interrupt a funeral service.
(B) This section applies to a willful, knowing, or malicious disturbance or interruption within:
(1) one thousand feet of the funeral service; and
(2) a time period of one-half hour before the funeral service until one-half hour after the funeral service.
(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
(D) For purposes of this section, 'funeral service' means any ceremony, procession, or memorial held in connection with the memorialization, burial, cremation, or other disposition of a deceased person's body.
(E) It is unlawful for a person to undertake an activity at a public or privately owned cemetery, other than the decorous participation in a funeral service or visitation of a burial space, without the prior written approval of the public or private owner. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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