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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
S. 911
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Land, Rose and Elliott
Document Path: l:\s-resmin\drafting\jcl\010ems..tcm.jcl.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Murder
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/9/2009 Senate Prefiled 12/9/2009 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary 1/12/2010 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-15 1/12/2010 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-15 1/12/2010 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Rose, Shoopman
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-20 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO STATUTORY AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES IN MURDER CASES, TO ADD TO THE LIST OF AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES THE KILLING OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-20(C)(a)(7) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(7) The murder of a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer or former federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, peace officer or former peace officer, corrections officer or former corrections officer, including a county or municipal corrections officer or a former county or municipal corrections officer, a county or municipal detention facility employee or former county or municipal detention facility employee, emergency medical service provider as defined in Section 16-3-635(A)(1), or fireman or former fireman during or because of the performance of his official duties."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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