South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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H. 3579

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Beach, Burns, Chumley and Pace
Document Path: LC-0084HDB23.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2023
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Manslaughter, unborn persons

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
12/15/2022 House Prefiled
12/15/2022 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/10/2023 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 218)
1/10/2023 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 218)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2022



A bill

to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Section 44-41-90 so as to prohibit state or local funds from being used for the unlawful killing of an unborn person or for the benefit of any person or entity who provides funding for the unlawful killing of an unborn person; and by amending Section 16-3-50, relating to manslaughter, so as to include the unlawful killing of an unborn person by decapitation, slaughter, or otherwise.

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

SECTION 1.   Article 1, Chapter 41, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

   Section 44-41-90.   (A) No state funds may, directly or indirectly, be utilized for the unlawful killing of an unborn person in violation of Section 16-3-50, or for the benefit of any person or entity who provides funding for the unlawful killing of an unborn person in violation of Section 16-3-50.

   (B) No funds appropriated or authorized by the State may be used by any political subdivision of the State in a manner prohibited in subsection (A).

SECTION 2.   Section 16-3-50 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

   Section 16-3-50.   A person convicted of manslaughter, or the unlawful killing of another without malice, express or implied, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years or less than two years. For purposes of this section, "manslaughter" includes the unlawful killing of an unborn person by decapitation, slaughter, or otherwise.

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

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