South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A293, R354, H4225

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford, McLeod and Weeks
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7447ahb10.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2010
Introduced in the Senate on March 9, 2010
Last Amended on June 16, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on June 16, 2010
Governor's Action: August 27, 2010, Signed

Summary: Victim Assistance Program

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/1/2009  House   Prefiled
   12/1/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2010  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-35
   1/12/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-35
   2/24/2010  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
   2/24/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-6
    3/3/2010  House   Amended HJ-13
    3/3/2010  House   Read second time HJ-13
    3/4/2010  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-16
    3/9/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-5
    3/9/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
   3/23/2010  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Rose, Shoopman
   5/19/2010  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-33
    6/1/2010  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-43
    6/1/2010  Senate  Read second time SJ-43
    6/2/2010  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-30
   6/15/2010  House   Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-75
   6/15/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-0  Nays-111 HJ-75
   6/16/2010  Senate  Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee 
                        appointed Hutto, Rose, and Shoopman SJ-188
   6/16/2010  House   Conference committee appointed Reps. Kelly, Delleney, 
                        Rutherford HJ-103
   6/16/2010  House   Conference report received and adopted HJ-360
   6/16/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-107  Nays-1 HJ-360
   6/16/2010  Senate  Conference report received and adopted SJ-189
   6/29/2010  House   Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-2
   8/23/2010          Ratified R 354
   8/27/2010          Signed By Governor
    9/1/2010          Effective date 08/27/10
    9/7/2010          Act No. 293

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/1/2009
2/24/2010
3/3/2010
5/19/2010
6/1/2010
6/16/2010

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(A293, R354, H4225)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-1400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE ARTICLE ON THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERM "VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER" DOES NOT INCLUDE A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, MAGISTRATES COURT JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, SPECIAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, OR FAMILY COURT JUDGE.

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

"Victim service provider" defined; certain judges excluded

SECTION    1.    Section 16-3-1400 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 271 of 2008, is further amended to read:

"Section 16-3-1400.    For purposes of this article:

(1)    'Victim service provider' means a person:

(a)    who is employed by a local government or state agency and whose job duties involve providing victim assistance as mandated by South Carolina law; or

(b)    whose job duties involve providing direct services to victims and who is employed by an organization that is incorporated in South Carolina, holds a certificate of authority in South Carolina, or is registered as a charitable organization in South Carolina, and the organization's mission is victim assistance or advocacy and the organization is privately funded or receives funds from federal, state, or local governments to provide services to victims.

'Victim service provider' does not include a municipal court judge, magistrates court judge, circuit court judge, special circuit court judge, or family court judge.

(2)    'Witness' means a person who has been or is expected to be summoned to testify for the prosecution or who by reason of having relevant information is subject to call or likely to be called as a witness for the prosecution, whether or not an action or proceeding is commenced."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 23rd day of August, 2010.

Approved the 27th day of August, 2010.

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