South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

S. 1008

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Bright
Document Path: l:\s-res\lb\001thre.rem.lb.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2012
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Person convicted of a 3rd or more felony must serve an additional sentence of 10 to 30 years

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11/28/2011  Senate  Prefiled
  11/28/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/10/2012  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
   1/10/2012  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
    1/9/2012  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Rose, Shoopman

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/28/2011

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 2, CHAPTER 25, TITLE 17 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCING, BY ADDING SECTION 17-25-147 TO REQUIRE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A FELONY WHO HAS TWO OR MORE PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS MUST SERVE AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 2, Chapter 25, Title 17 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 17-25-147.    (A)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person, who has been convicted of two or more prior felonies as defined by Section 16-1-90, upon conviction for another felony must be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least ten years but not longer than thirty years.

(B)    No portion of the ten year minimum provided for may be suspended.

(C)    This penalty is in addition to the sentence for the underlying offense and the sentence may be imposed concurrently."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 10:06 A.M.