S 0195 General Bill, By Shealy
Summary: Strangulation
    A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO HOMICIDE, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-100, TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSE OF STRANGULATION; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF STRANGULATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN TEN YEARS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IF AN ACT CONSTITUTING STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT OF A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
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12/12/18	Senate	Prefiled
12/12/18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/08/19	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 130)
01/08/19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 130)