H 4093 Joint Resolution, By Chumley, Burns, Loftis, Bedingfield, G.R. Smith, 
Putnam, Stringer, Daning, H.A. Crawford, Nanney, Hicks, Yow, Norman, Pope, 
Rivers, Toole, Atwater, Hill, White, Thayer, Gagnon, Gambrell, Kennedy, Huggins, 
Whitmire, Bingham, Allison, Tallon, Taylor, Clary, Hamilton, Sandifer, Hixon, 
Corley, Henderson, Collins, G.A. Brown, Forrester, Pitts, Hardee, Clemmons, 
Erickson, G.M. Smith, Bannister, McCoy, Lucas, V.S. Moss, Willis, Anthony, 
D.C. Moss, Felder, Wells, Lowe, Simrill, Hiott, Duckworth, Ballentine, 
Limehouse and Quinn

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 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3, ARTICLE I OF THE
 CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF
 CITIZENS OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF
 CITIZENS OF THIS STATE TO BORN AND PREBORN PERSONS BEGINNING AT CONCEPTION.

   04/29/15  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 103)
   04/29/15  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
                     (House Journal-page 103)
   05/05/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater,
                     Hill, White, Thayer, Gagnon, Gambrell
   05/14/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kennedy
   05/26/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
                     McEachern, Huggins
   06/02/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
                     Whitmire, Bingham
   07/06/15  House  Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: McEachern
   01/26/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Allison,
                     Tallon, Taylor
   01/28/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clary
   02/02/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hamilton
   02/03/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sandifer
   02/04/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Corley
   02/09/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson
   02/10/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins,
                     G.A.Brown, Forrester, Pitts, Hardee, Clemmons,
                     Erickson, G.M.Smith, Bannister, McCoy, Lucas,
                     V.S.Moss, Willis, Anthony
   02/11/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: D.C.Moss
   02/23/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder, Wells
   02/25/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lowe
   03/02/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Simrill, Hiott
   03/22/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duckworth
   04/12/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine
   04/13/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
                     Limehouse, Quinn

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3, ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THIS STATE TO BORN AND PREBORN PERSONS BEGINNING AT CONCEPTION.

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

SECTION    1.    It is proposed that Section 3, Article I of the Constitution of this State be amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end:

"Section 3.a.    The privileges and immunities of citizens of South Carolina and the United States shall not be abridged, so that no person shall be deprived of life without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. These rights shall extend to both born and preborn persons beginning at conception."

SECTION    2.    The proposed amendment in Section 1 must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:

"Must Article I of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to add Section 3.a. to provide that the privileges and immunities of citizens of South Carolina and the United States shall not be abridged, so that no person shall be deprived of life without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. These rights shall extend to both born and preborn persons beginning at conception?

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."