Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4365 Primary Sponsor:Wilkins Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Violent crime at time committed, provisions Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Companion Bill Number:932 Computer Document Number:DKA/3091AL.94 Introduced Date:19940111 Date of Last Amendment:19940301 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940303 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Wilkins Vaughn Allison Elliott Harrell Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 4365 Senate 19940303 Introduced, read first time, 11 referred to Committee 4365 House 19940302 Read third time, sent to Senate 4365 House 19940301 Amended, read second time 4365 House 19940210 Committee Report: Favorable 25 with amendment 4365 House 19940111 Introduced, read first time, 25 referred to Committee 4365 House 19931208 Prefiled, referred to 25 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
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AMENDED
March 1, 1994
H. 4365
Introduced by REPS. Wilkins, Vaughn, Allison, Elliott and Harrell
S. Printed 3/1/94--H.
Read the first time January 11, 1994.
TO AMEND SECTION 16-1-60, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VIOLENT CRIMES, SO AS TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS REQUIRING THE CRIME TO BE DEFINED AS A VIOLENT CRIME AT THE TIME IT WAS COMMITTED.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-1-60 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 8, Act 184 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 16-1-60. (A) For purposes of definition under South Carolina law a violent crime includes the offenses of murder (Section 16-3-10); criminal sexual conduct in the first and second degree (Sections 16-3-652 and 16-3-653); criminal sexual conduct with minors, first and second degree (Section 16-3-655); assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, first and second degree (Section 16-3-656); assault and battery with intent to kill (Section 16-3-620); kidnapping (Section 16-3-910); voluntary manslaughter (Section 16-3-50); armed robbery (Section 16-11-330); drug trafficking as defined in Section 44-53-370(e); arson in the first degree (Section 16-11-110(A)); burglary in the first degree (Section 16-11-311); and burglary in the second degree (Section 16-11-312(A) and (B)), engaging a child for a sexual performance (16-3-810); accessory before the fact to commit any of the above offenses (16-1-40); and attempt to commit any of the above offenses (16-1-80). Only those offenses specifically enumerated in this section are considered violent offenses.
(B) For a person to be considered guilty of a violent crime, the offense must be defined as a violent crime pursuant to subsection (A) at the time of the commission of the crime."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.