Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
H. 3403
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Whipper and R.L. Brown
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7065ahb15.docx
Introduced in the House on January 22, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Kidnapping
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/22/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 15)
1/22/2015 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 15)
View the latest legislative information at the website
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-910, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF KIDNAPPING, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING BEFORE JUNE 5, 1991, AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT MAY PETITION THE COURT FOR A REDUCTION IN HIS SENTENCE TO THIRTY YEARS AND THE COURT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY REDUCE THE SENTENCE ACCORDINGLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-910 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 16-3-910. (A) Whoever shall unlawfully seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, kidnap, abduct or carry away any other person by any means whatsoever without authority of law, except when a minor is seized or taken by his parent, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty years unless sentenced for murder as provided in Section 16-3-20.
(B) A person convicted of a violation of this section prior to June 5, 1991, and sentenced to life imprisonment may petition the court for a reduction in his sentence from life imprisonment to thirty years unless the person was sentenced for murder, as provided in Section 16-3-20, and the court, in its sole discretion, may reduce the sentence accordingly."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
This web page was last updated on January 26, 2015 at 10:20 AM