South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 108

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ryberg, Bryant and Rose
Document Path: l:\s-res\wgr\001seat.dag.wgr.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Seatbelts

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2008  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-120
   1/13/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-120
   1/23/2009  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: L.Martin (ch), Rankin, Hutto, 
                        Bright, Davis

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6540 OF THE 1976 CODE TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO WEAR A SEATBELT IS ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE OF FAILURE TO MITIGATE DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-6540(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(C)    A violation of this article is not negligence per se or contributory negligence, and is not but is admissible as evidence of failure to mitigate damages in a civil action."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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