S 0304 General Bill, By Ford
Similar (S 0368, S 0477, H 3253)
Summary: Criminal domestic violence of high and aggravated nature is a felony and violent crime
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-1-60, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VIOLENT CRIMES, SO AS TO INCLUDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE AS A VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-25-65, RELATING TO CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE, SO AS TO REVISE THE ELEMENTS OF CRIME, TO RECLASSIFY THE CRIME AS A FELONY, TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT STATES THE CRIME MUST NOT BE CONSTRUED AS CODIFYING THE COMMON LAW CRIME OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERM "GREAT BODILY INJURY".
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01/30/03	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-5
01/30/03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5