South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3126

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford and Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9098dg15.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: State filing status

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2014  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 106)
   1/13/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 106)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-5000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT A HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE THE SAME STATE FILING STATUS AS FEDERAL STATUS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS "HUSBAND", "WIFE", AND "SPOUSE" INCLUDE LEGAL SAME-SEX MARRIAGES FROM THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE AND MUST NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE GENDER SPECIFIC.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 12-6-5000 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

"( )    For purposes of this chapter, the terms 'husband', 'wife', and 'spouse' include legal same-sex marriages from this State or any other state and must not be construed to be gender specific."

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

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