H*3063 (Rat #0010, Act #0007 of 2007) General Bill, By Delleney, Harrison, Simrill, Taylor, Davenport, Sandifer, Barfield, Owens, E.H. Pitts, Rice, Walker, Toole, Viers, M.A. Pitts, Vick, Littlejohn, Mahaffey, Haskins, Young, G.R. Smith, Shoopman, Witherspoon, Umphlett, Bedingfield, Cotty, Bingham, Mulvaney and Ballentine
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Summary: Marriage
    AN ACT TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, BY ADDING SECTION 15 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS THE ONLY LAWFUL DOMESTIC UNION THAT IS VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE OR ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS MAY NOT CREATE ANY OTHER DOMESTIC UNION AND MAY NOT RECOGNIZE A DOMESTIC UNION CREATED BY ANOTHER JURISDICTION. - ratified title
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12/13/06	House	Prefiled
12/13/06	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/09/07	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-39
01/09/07	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-40
01/11/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cotty
01/24/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bingham
01/24/07	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-3
01/25/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mulvaney, Ballentine
01/25/07	House	Read second time HJ-20
01/25/07	House	Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-7 HJ-20
01/30/07	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-23
01/31/07	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-22
01/31/07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-22
02/21/07	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-20
02/22/07	Senate	Read second time SJ-18
02/27/07	Senate	Read third time and enrolled SJ-8
03/22/07		Ratified R 10
03/27/07		No signature required
03/27/07		Copies available
03/27/07		Effective date 03/22/07
04/17/07		Act No. 7