South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 3261

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. J.E. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7072ahb13.docx

Introduced in the House on January 9, 2013
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Threatening the life of a person

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    1/9/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 14)
    1/9/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 14)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/9/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-1040, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THREATENING THE LIFE, PERSON, OR FAMILY OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, TEACHER, OR PRINCIPAL, SO AS TO INCLUDE DIRECT OR INDIRECT THREATS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 16-3-1040(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to deliver or convey directly or indirectly to a public official or to a teacher or principal of an elementary or secondary school any letter or paper, writing, print, missive, document, or electronic communication or verbal or electronic communication which contains a threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the public official, teacher, or principal, or members a member of his the immediate family of any of them, if the threat is directly related to the professional responsibilities of the public official's official, teacher's teacher, or principal's professional responsibilities principal."

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

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