S*0195 (Rat #0514, Act #0519 of 1994) General Bill, By Hayes, Martin, Peeler, H.S. Stilwell and Wilson
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    A Bill to amend Chapter 25, Title 16, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, so as to create the criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and to provide a penalty for violation; to increase the penalty for the crime of criminal domestic violence, to increase the penalty for violating the terms and conditions of an order of protection, to delete references to family to conform to other provisions in this Act, and to authorize the court to suspend the imposition or execution of a violation of Sections 16-25-20 or 16-25-50; to amend Section 20-4-20, relating to the definitions used in the "Protection from Domestic Abuse Act"; so as to change the "family or household member" to "household member" and include in these definitions persons who have a child in common, and a male and female who are cohabitating or formerly have cohabitated, to delete from the definition of "order of protection" a reference to family; and to amend Section 20-4-40, relating to a petition for an order of protection, so as to delete references to family.-amended title
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01/13/93	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-8
01/13/93	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
04/07/93	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-17
04/13/93	Senate	Amended SJ-23
04/13/93	Senate	Read second time SJ-28
04/13/93	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-28
04/14/93	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
04/15/93	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-5
04/15/93	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-6
02/09/94	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-22
02/24/94	House	Debate adjourned until Tuesday, March 1, 1994 HJ-408
03/01/94	House	Amended HJ-28
03/01/94	House	Debate adjourned until Thursday, March 3, 1994 HJ-31
03/07/94	House	Debate adjourned until Tuesday, March 15, 1994 HJ-15
03/22/94	House	Amended HJ-32
03/22/94	House	Read second time HJ-33
03/23/94	House	Reconsider vote whereby read second time HJ-28
03/23/94	House	Read second time HJ-30
03/24/94	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-14
03/29/94	Senate	Non-concurrence in House amendment SJ-21
03/30/94	House	House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Hodges, Harrell & Thomas HJ-3
03/30/94	Senate	Conference committee appointed Sens. Hayes, G. Smith, Cork SJ-7
06/01/94	Senate	Free conference powers granted SJ-19
06/01/94	Senate	Free conference committee appointed Sens. Hayes, G. Smith, Cork SJ-19
06/01/94	Senate	Free conference report received and adopted SJ-19
06/01/94	House	Free conference powers granted HJ-289
06/01/94	House	Free conference committee appointed Reps. Hodges, Harrell & Thomas HJ-291
06/01/94	House	Free conference report received and adopted HJ-291
06/01/94	Senate	Ordered enrolled for ratification SJ-25
06/02/94		Ratified R 514
09/23/94		Signed By Governor
09/23/94		Effective date 09/23/94
10/03/94		Act No. 519
10/03/94		Copies available