S 0220 General Bill, By Shealy and McElveen
Summary: Domestic violence
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-920(C) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN SHALL BE INTERVIEWED USING A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER NOT RELATED TO THE CHILD, TO ALLOW FOR REMOTE VIDEO INTERPRETATION, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, TITLE 16, RELATING TO CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO PROVIDE THAT INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN WHICH A HEARING IMPAIRED CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED OR WITNESSED THE ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MUST BE CONDUCTED WITH THE USE OF A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER NOT RELATED TO THE CHILD.
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01/10/17	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 114)
01/10/17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 114)
01/13/17	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
01/25/17	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 13)
02/01/17	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 33)
02/01/17	Senate	Amended (Senate Journal-page 33)
02/01/17	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 33)
02/01/17	Senate	Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 33)
02/02/17	Senate	Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 168)
02/02/17		Scrivener's error corrected
02/07/17	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 7)
02/07/17	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 7)