H 3300 (Rat #0419) General Bill, By Limehouse, Allison, Bailey, J.M. Baxley, G.A. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, A.W. Byrd, B.D. Cain, C.D. Chamblee, Cobb-Hunter, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Fair, J.G. Felder, Fleming, R.C. Fulmer, Govan, H.M. Hallman, Harrell, Harrison, Haskins, R.J. Herdklotz, J.H. Hodges, T.E. Huff, Hutson, Inabinett, M.F. Jaskwhich, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, W.D. Keyserling, M.H. Kinon, Knotts, Koon, Lanford, Law, L.H. Limbaugh, Littlejohn, Lloyd, C.V. Marchbanks, L.M. Martin, Mason, McCraw, J.T. McElveen, McKay, D.E. McTeer, Meacham, Phillips, Rice, Richardson, Riser, Robinson, Sandifer, Seithel, Sharpe, J.S. Shissias, Simrill, D. Smith, Stille, E.C. Stoddard, Stuart, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, C.C. Wells, Whatley, L.S. Whipper, Wilder, Witherspoon, D.A. Wright, W.J. Young and Young-Brickell
    A Bill to amend Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 23, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the Sex Offender Registry, so as to revise the State Law Enforcement Division's regulatory authority, to revise the conditions upon which a person must register, the definition of an offender, a sheriff's duty regarding registering an offender, to substitute Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services for State Department of Probation and Parole Services, to substitute Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles for Department of Motor Vehicles, to revise the penalties for failure to register, to provide penalties for a person who gives false information when registering as an offender, to provide that certain persons convicted and released prior to July 1, 1994, are not required to register, and to provide the conditions upon which information contained in the Sex Offender Registry must be released to the public; to amend Section 16-3-655, relating to criminal sexual conduct with minors, so as to revise the age of the perpetrator and to establish the offense of sexual misconduct with a minor.-amended title
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01/18/95	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-22
01/18/95	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-23
04/20/95	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-3
04/26/95	House	Amended HJ-66
04/26/95	House	Debate interrupted HJ-71
04/26/95	House	Read second time HJ-73
04/27/95	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-10
05/01/95	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-18
05/01/95	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-18
03/06/96	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-19
03/07/96	Senate	Amended SJ-10
03/07/96	Senate	Read second time SJ-10
03/07/96	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-10
03/14/96	Senate	Amended SJ-9
03/14/96	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-9
03/20/96	House	Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-43
03/27/96	Senate	Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Sens. McConnell, Courtney and Rankin SJ-3
04/03/96	House	Conference committee appointed Limehouse, Knotts & Martin HJ-8
05/09/96	House	Free conference powers granted HJ-19
05/09/96	House	Free conference committee appointed Limehouse, Knotts & Martin HJ-21
05/09/96	House	Free conference report received and adopted HJ-21
05/09/96	Senate	Free conference powers granted SJ-17
05/09/96	Senate	Free conference committee appointed Sens. McConnell, Courtney, and Rankin SJ-17
05/09/96	Senate	Free conference report received and adopted SJ-17
05/14/96	House	Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-48
05/23/96		Ratified R 419
05/29/96		Vetoed by Governor
06/12/96	House	Veto sustained Yeas-64 Nays-2 HJ-12