South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3119

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pitts and Hixon
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7005ahb15.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2015
Last Amended on March 25, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Theft of a firearm

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2014  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 103)
   1/13/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 103)
   3/18/2015  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 36)
   3/19/2015  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Delleney, Bedingfield, VS 
                        Moss, Huggins, Atwater, McCoy, Nanney, Forrester, 
                        Corley, Tallon, Hixon, GR Smith, Pope, Anderson, RL 
                        Brown, Brannon (House Journal-page 23)
   3/25/2015  House   Amended (House Journal-page 47)
   3/25/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 47)
   3/25/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-104  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 48)
   3/26/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 50)
   3/31/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/31/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 8)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2014
3/18/2015
3/25/2015

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

AMENDED

March 25, 2015

H. 3119

Introduced by Reps. Pitts and Hixon

S. Printed 3/25/15--H.

Read the first time January 13, 2015.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-23-540 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF THEFT OF A FIREARM AND PROVIDE A PENALTY.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 23, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-23-540.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person who steals a firearm, as defined in Section 16-8-10, is guilty of the felony offense of theft of a firearm and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years or both."

SECTION    2.    The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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