S 0217 General Bill, By Bryant, Rice, Cromer, Martin, Corbin, Verdin, Turner, Young, Timmons, Talley, Shealy, Grooms, Peeler, Goldfinch, Climer, Gambrell, Williams, Gregory, Cash and Hembree
Summary: Personhood Act of SC
    A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT GENERALLY, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5, TO ENACT THE PERSONHOOD ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO ESTABLISH THAT THE RIGHT TO LIFE FOR EACH BORN AND PREBORN HUMAN BEING VESTS AT FERTILIZATION AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION, GUARANTEED BY ARTICLE I, SECTION 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, VEST AT FERTILIZATION FOR EACH BORN AND PREBORN HUMAN BEING.
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01/10/17	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 113)
01/10/17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 113)
03/22/17	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: M.B.Matthews (ch), Gambrell, McLeod, Rice, Talley
02/21/18	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 7)
02/22/18		Scrivener's error corrected
05/01/18	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 67)
05/01/18	Senate	Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-2 (Senate Journal-page 67)