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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Anderson
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Introduced in the Senate on February 8, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology
Summary: Reduction in sentence for inmates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/8/2007 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
2/8/2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-5
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-13-240 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN INMATE MAY RECEIVE A REDUCTION IN HIS SENTENCE FOR VOLUNTARILY DONATING BONE MARROW OR BLOOD-FORMING CELLS DURING HIS PERIOD OF INCARCERATION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN REGULATIONS MUST BE PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ENSURE THAT THE HEALTH OF THE DONOR AND RECIPIENT ARE PROTECTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 13, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-13-240. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a prisoner convicted of an offense against this State and sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections, including a prisoner confined in a local facility pursuant to a designated facility agreement authorized in Section 24-3-30, who voluntarily donates bone marrow or blood-forming cells during his period of incarceration is entitled to receive a deduction from the term of his sentence of up to sixty days.
(B) A person who has served the term of imprisonment for which he has been sentenced, less deductions allowed pursuant to this section, is considered upon release to have served the entire term for which he was sentenced unless the person is required to complete a community supervision program pursuant to Section 24-21-560. If the person is required to complete a community supervision program, he must complete his sentence as provided in Section 24-21-560 before his discharge from the criminal justice system.
(C) Credits earned pursuant to this section must not be applied in a manner that would prevent full participation in the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services' prerelease or community supervision program as provided in Section 24-21-560.
(D) The Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall promulgate regulations to ensure that the health of the donor and recipient are protected."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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