S 0172 General Bill, By Shealy, Verdin and McLeod
Similar (H 3662)
Summary: Strangulation
    A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 11, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON, TO PROVIDE THAT STRANGULATION IS THE RESTRICTING OF AIR FLOW OR BLOOD CIRCULATION OF A PERSON BY EXTERNAL PRESSURE TO THE THROAT OR NECK, OR THE BLOCKING OF THE NOSE OR MOUTH OF ANOTHER PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF STRANGULATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IF AN ACT CONSTITUTING STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT OF A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
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12/13/16	Senate	Prefiled
12/13/16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/10/17	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 92)
01/10/17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 92)
01/24/18	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, McLeod, Senn, R.J.Cash
02/16/18	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
03/14/18	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 8)