H*3114 (Rat #0196, Act #0183 of 2016) General Bill, By Nanney, Hicks, Allison, Atwater, Ballentine, Bannister, Bingham, Brannon, Burns, Chumley, Clary, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Erickson, Forrester, Gagnon, Goldfinch, Hamilton, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Huggins, Kennedy, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, McCoy, Merrill, D.C. Moss, Newton, Pitts, Pope, Quinn, Ryhal, Sandifer, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Yow, Wells, Willis, Hixon, Putnam, Rivers, V.S. Moss, Whitmire, Bedingfield, Hill, Duckworth and Clemmons
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Summary: S.C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
    AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 41, TITLE 44 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT", TO PROVIDE FINDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO REQUIRE A PHYSICIAN TO CALCULATE THE PROBABLE POST-FERTILIZATION AGE OF AN UNBORN CHILD BEFORE PERFORMING OR INDUCING AN ABORTION, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ABORTION MAY NOT BE PERFORMED IF THE PROBABLE POST-FERTILIZATION AGE OF THE UNBORN CHILD IS TWENTY OR MORE WEEKS, TO PROVIDE FOR EXCEPTIONS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BY FACILITIES IN WHICH ABORTIONS ARE PERFORMED, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PREPARE PUBLIC REPORTS THAT PROVIDE DATA ON ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN THE STATE AND TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, TO CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES, AND TO PROVIDE THE ACT DOES NOT IMPLICITLY OR OTHERWISE REPEAL ANOTHER PROVISION OF LAW. - ratified title
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12/11/14	House	Prefiled
12/11/14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/13/15	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 100)
01/13/15	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 100)
01/28/15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam, Rivers
01/28/15	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary (House Journal-page 6)
01/29/15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: V.S.Moss, Whitmire
01/29/15	House	Requests for debate-Rep(s). Delleney, Wells, Taylor, Pope, Weeks, Hiott, Spires, Corley, Huggins, Ballentine, Toole, Brannon, Allison, Forrester, Nanney, Hicks, Loftis, Hamilton, Burns, VS Moss, GR Smith, Beddingfield, Ridgeway, Douglas, McKnight, Anthony, Knight, Williams, Jefferson, Whitmire, Sandifer, Crowford, Gagnon, MS McLeod (House Journal-page 18)
02/03/15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bedingfield, Hill
02/04/15	House	Debate adjourned until Wed. 2-11-15 (House Journal-page 39)
02/11/15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duckworth, Clemmons
02/11/15	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 41)
02/11/15	House	Roll call Yeas-80 Nays-27 (House Journal-page 52)
02/12/15	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 33)
02/12/15	House	Roll call Yeas-71 Nays-22 (House Journal-page 34)
02/12/15	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
02/12/15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 6)
04/21/15	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 26)
04/22/15		Scrivener's error corrected
04/23/15	Senate	Special order, set for April 23, 2015 (Senate Journal-page 92)
05/12/15	Senate	Debate interrupted (Senate Journal-page 68)
05/13/15	Senate	Debate interrupted (Senate Journal-page 34)
05/14/15	Senate	Debate interrupted (Senate Journal-page 34)
05/19/15	Senate	Amended (Senate Journal-page 23)
05/19/15	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 23)
05/19/15	Senate	Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-7 (Senate Journal-page 23)
05/20/15		Scrivener's error corrected
05/27/15	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments (Senate Journal-page 14)
06/02/15	House	Senate amendment amended (House Journal-page 25)
06/03/15	House	Returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 76)
06/04/15	Senate	Non-concurrence in House amendment (Senate Journal-page 92)
06/04/15	House	House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Ridgeway, Nanney, Delleney (House Journal-page 51)
06/04/15	Senate	Conference committee appointed Cleary, Hutto, Shealy (Senate Journal-page 92)
03/08/16	Senate	Free conference powers granted (Senate Journal-page 30)
03/08/16	Senate	Free conference committee appointed Cleary, Hutto, Shealy (Senate Journal-page 30)
03/08/16	Senate	Free conference report adopted (Senate Journal-page 33)
03/08/16	Senate	Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-9 (Senate Journal-page 33)
03/09/16	House	Free conference powers rejected (House Journal-page 16)
03/09/16	House	Roll call Yeas-82 Nays-26 (House Journal-page 17)
03/16/16	House	Free conference powers rejected (House Journal-page 42)
03/16/16	House	Roll call Yeas-80 Nays-28 (House Journal-page 43)
05/17/16	House	Free conference powers granted (House Journal-page 45)
05/17/16	House	Free conference committee appointed Ridgeway, Nanney, Delleney (House Journal-page 47)
05/17/16	House	Free conference report adopted (House Journal-page 68)
05/19/16	Senate	Ordered enrolled for ratification (Senate Journal-page 32)
05/24/16		Ratified R 196
05/25/16		Signed By Governor
05/27/16		Effective date 05/25/16
05/31/16		Act No. 183