S 0223 General Bill, By Senate Judiciary
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 16-3-615 so as to include within the definition of sexual battery the offense of spousal sexual battery and to provide a penalty for violation, to provide that the offending spouse's conduct must be reported to the appropriate law enforcement authorities within forty-five days and a charge made in order for that spouse to be prosecuted for this offense, and to provide for the admissibility of matters of controversy between the spouses under the provisions of Section 16-3-659.1; and to amend Section 16-3-658, relating to criminal sexual conduct when the victim is a legal spouse, so as to provide that a person cannot be guilty of criminal sexual conduct if the victim is his legal spouse unless the couple are living apart rather than living apart by reason of a court order and provide that the actor's conduct must be reported to the appropriate law enforcement authorities within forty-five days in order for a person to be prosecuted.

01/19/89	Senate	Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference SJ-12
01/25/89	Senate	Amended SJ-14
01/25/89	Senate	Read second time SJ-14
01/25/89	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-14
01/26/89	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-9
01/31/89	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-7
01/31/89	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-8
05/02/89	House	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary HJ-28