South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 4797

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Wooten, Gilliam, Trantham and Thigpen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5769cm20.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2020
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Failure to stop; revise penalty for offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2019  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2020  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 109)
   1/14/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 109)
   1/16/2020  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham
   1/30/2020  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thigpen

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-750, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SIGNALED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR THE OFFENSE WHERE NO GREAT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH RESULTED FROM THE VIOLATION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-750(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(B)        A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A):,

        (1)    for a first offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ninety days nor more than three years. The Department of Motor Vehicles must suspend the person's driver's license for at least thirty days; or

        (2)    for a second or subsequent offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years. The person's driver's license must be suspended by the department for a period of one year from the date of the conviction."

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

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