Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3013 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Kidnapping, penalties Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Computer Document Number:3013 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Kirsh Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 3013 House Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 25 time, referred to Committee 3013 House Dec 12, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 27 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-910, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO KIDNAPPING, SO AS TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF TWENTY YEARS WHEN A PERSON IS SENTENCED TO TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT TERMS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-610, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PORTION OF A SENTENCE IS REQUIRED TO BE SERVED AS A PREREQUISITE TO PAROLE, SO AS TO EXCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF KIDNAPPING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHEN A PERSON IS SENTENCED TO TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT TERMS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-910 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:
"A person convicted under the provisions of this section and sentenced to two or more consecutive life imprisonment terms is not eligible for parole as provided in Section 24-21-610 until he has served at least twenty years."
SECTION 2. The third paragraph of Section 24-21-610 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"The provisions of this section do not affect the parole ineligibility provisions for murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, and drug trafficking as set forth respectively in Sections 16-3-20, 16-3-910, and 16-11-330, and subsection (e) of Section 44-53-370(e)."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.