Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4526 Primary Sponsor:Waites Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Child abuse, punishment result in traumatic condition Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:NO5/8160.BD Introduced Date:Mar 05, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Mar 05, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Waites Rogers Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4526 House Mar 05, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-617 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN OFFENSE FOR PUNISHMENT OF OR INJURY TO A CHILD UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE RESULTING IN A TRAUMATIC CONDITION AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-1-10, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CRIMES CLASSIFIED AS FELONIES, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE OFFENSE PROVIDED IN THIS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-3-617. A person who wilfully inflicts upon a child under twelve years of age cruel or inhuman corporal punishment or injury resulting in a traumatic condition is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by imprisonment not more than twenty years. As used in this section, traumatic condition means an injury to a child's body which results from the application of external force that reasonably requires medical treatment."
SECTION 2. The offense for punishment of or injury to a child under twelve years of age resulting in a traumatic condition provided in Section 16-3-217 of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 1, is added to the list of crimes classified as felonies in Section 16-1-10.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.