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S. 1222
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Grooms
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Introduced in the Senate on April 12, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Enemy combatants
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/12/2016 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
4/12/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 6)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO EMERGENCY PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT, TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS ENEMY COMBATANTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY, OR WERE PREVIOUSLY, DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO BAY ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES OF THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 1-9-310. Individuals classified by the federal government as enemy combatants who are currently, or were previously, detained at Guantanamo Bay, or anywhere else, are prohibited from entering the territorial boundaries of this State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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