South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 249

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator McElveen
Document Path: l:\s-res\jtm\006bond.kmm.jtm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Felonies and misdemeanors

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2014  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 153)
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 153)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS, BY ADDING SECTION 16-1-140 TO ENHANCE THE SENTENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A SERIOUS OR MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE OR A VIOLENT CRIME OR LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE THAT HE COMMITTED WHILE HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND FOR A SEPARATE SERIOUS OR MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE OR A VIOLENT CRIME OR LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE FOR WHICH HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-1-140.    If a person is convicted of a serious offense or most serious offense as defined by Section 17-25-45, a violent crime as defined by Section 16-1-60, or a lesser included offense, which the person committed while released on bond for a separate serious offense or most serious offense as defined by Section 17-25-45, a violent crime as defined by Section 16-1-60, or a lesser included offense, for which the person was also convicted, then the person may have added to the person's sentence an amount of imprisonment up to forty percent of the maximum sentence for the offense the person committed while released on bond."

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

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