South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A220, R239, S1039

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Verdin
Document Path: l:\s-res\dbv\010gunr.kmm.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 30, 2008
Introduced in the House on March 25, 2008
Passed by the General Assembly on April 17, 2008
Governor's Action: May 14, 2008, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto overridden

Summary: Firearms

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/30/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   1/30/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
    2/5/2008  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Jackson, Knotts, 
                        Massey
   3/12/2008  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-10
   3/13/2008  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-14
   3/13/2008  Senate  Read second time SJ-14
   3/18/2008  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-26
   3/25/2008  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-23
   3/25/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-23
    4/9/2008  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-51
   4/15/2008  House   Debate adjourned until Wednesday, April 16, 2008 HJ-37
   4/16/2008  House   Read second time HJ-19
   4/17/2008  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-33
    5/8/2008          Ratified R 239
   5/14/2008          Vetoed by Governor
   5/15/2008  Senate  Veto overridden by originating body Yeas-46  Nays-0
   5/21/2008  House   Veto overridden Yeas-100  Nays-2 HJ-127
    6/2/2008          Copies available
    6/2/2008          Effective date 05/21/08
    6/4/2008          Act No. 220

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/30/2008
3/12/2008
3/13/2008
4/9/2008


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A220, R239, S1039)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST REGULATION OF CERTAIN MATTERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY MAY NOT ENACT REGULATIONS OR ORDINANCES THAT REGULATE A LANDOWNER FROM DISCHARGING A FIREARM ON A PARCEL OF LAND COMPRISED OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE CONTIGUOUS ACRES TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY, EMPLOYEES, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR THE PROPERTY FROM ANIMALS POSING A DIRECT THREAT OR DANGER.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Firearms

SECTION    1.    Section 23-31-510 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 23-31-510.    No governing body of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision in the State may enact or promulgate any regulation or ordinance that regulates or attempts to regulate:

(1)    the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or any combination of these things; or

(2)    a landowner discharging a firearm on the landowner's property to protect the landowner's family, employees, the general public, or the landowner's property from animals that the landowner reasonably believes pose a direct threat or danger to the landowner's property, people on the landowner's property, or the general public. For purposes of this item, the landowner's property must be a parcel of land comprised of at least twenty-five contiguous acres. Any ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms that does not specifically provide for an exclusion pursuant to this item is unenforceable as it pertains to an incident described in this item; otherwise, the ordinance is enforceable."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2008.

Vetoed by the Governor -- 5/14/08.

Veto overridden by Senate -- 5/15/08.

Veto overridden by House -- 5/21/08.

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