Current Status Bill Number:4502 Ratification Number:388 Act Number:327 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960125 Primary Sponsor:Simrill All Sponsors:Simrill, Herdklotz, Cain, Sandifer, Haskins, Meacham, Hallman, Trotter, Cato and R. Smith Drafted Document Number:pfm\7854ac.96 Companion Bill Number:1151 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960508 Date of Last Amendment:19960502 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960520 Subject:Marriage between same sex, void in S.C.
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19960530 Act No. A327
------ 19960520 Signed by Governor
------ 19960514 Ratified R388
House 19960508 Concurred in Senate amendment,
enrolled for ratification
Senate 19960503 Read third time, returned to House
with amendment
Senate 19960502 Amended, read second time,
unanimous consent for third reading
on Friday, 19960503
Senate 19960501 Committee report: Favorable with 11 SJ
amendment
Senate 19960429 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
House 19960425 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19960424 Amended, read second time
House 19960417 Objection withdrawn by Representative Howard
Breeland
House 19960417 Objection by Representative Scott
Cobb- Hunter
L. Whipper
Cave
Lloyd
White
Breeland
Inabinett
Harrison
Klauber
Lanford
Limbaugh
Sharpe
Wells
House 19960410 Committee report: Favorable with 25 HJ
amendment
House 19960125 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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(A327, R388, H4502)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-1-15 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGES BETWEEN PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX ARE VOID AB INITIO AND AGAINST THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 20-1-10, RELATING TO WHOM MAY CONTRACT MATRIMONY, SO AS TO PROHIBIT SAME SEX MARRIAGES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Same sex marriages prohibited
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 20-1-15. A marriage between persons of the same sex is void ab initio and against the public policy of this State."
Men prohibited from marrying men; women prohibited from marrying women
SECTION 2. Section 20-1-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 20-1-10. (A) All persons, except mentally incompetent persons and persons whose marriage is prohibited by this section, may lawfully contract matrimony.
(B) No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, stepmother, sister, grandfather's wife, son's wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife's grandmother, wife's daughter, wife's granddaughter, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's sister, mother's sister, or another man.
(C) No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, brother, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or another woman."
Severability
SECTION 3. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 20th day of May, 1996.