H 3588 General Bill, By Whipper, Sinclair, J.H. Neal, Brady, Barfield, Weeks, Hosey, Govan, Lucas, Harrison, Anderson, Bowers, Breeland, Hamilton, Haskins, Hayes, M. Hines, Littlejohn, Mahaffey, Phillips, Pinson, W.D. Smith, Taylor, Walker, Bailey and Clemmons
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Summary: Common law marriage
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-1-110 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT COMMON LAW MARRIAGE IN THE STATE MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2006, AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR A COMMON LAW MARRIAGE EXISTING AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 20-1-360 RELATING TO THE VALIDITY OF A MARRIAGE CONTRACTED WITHOUT THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE.
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02/17/05	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-5
02/17/05	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-5
04/13/05	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-3
04/19/05	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey
04/19/05	House	Requests for debate-Rep(s). Kennedy, McGee, Cobb-Hunter, Duncan, MA Pitts, Ott, and Sinclair HJ-26
04/27/05	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons
04/27/05	House	Read second time HJ-169
04/27/05	House	Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-4 HJ-169
04/28/05	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-28
05/03/05	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-19
05/03/05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-19
05/09/05	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Ritchie (ch), Rankin, Lourie, Scott
04/12/06	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary SJ-10
04/13/06		Scrivener's error corrected
05/16/06	Senate	Special order, set for May 16, 2006 SJ-32
05/17/06	Senate	Debate interrupted SJ-54
05/25/06	Senate	Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary SJ-175