H 3945 General Bill, By Barfield, Loftis, Patrick, Parker, Hiott, Thayer, Tribble, V.S. Moss, Toole, Nanney, Anderson, Owens, Bikas, Erickson, Forrester, Stringer, Allison, Chumley, Viers, Quinn, Limehouse, Bedingfield, Bingham, G.A. Brown, Clemmons, Corbin, Daning, Edge, Frye, Hamilton, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hixon, Hosey, Lowe, D.C. Moss, Merrill, Pinson, Pitts, Pope, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.R. Smith, Spires, Tallon, Taylor, Vick, White, Atwater, Brannon and Putnam
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Summary: Personhood Act of South Carolina
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 SO AS TO ENACT THE "PERSONHOOD ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA" WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT THE RIGHT TO LIFE FOR EACH BORN AND PREBORN HUMAN BEING VESTS AT FERTILIZATION, AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION, GUARANTEED BY SECTION 3, ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, VEST AT FERTILIZATION FOR EACH BORN AND PREBORN HUMAN PERSON.
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03/16/11	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 9)
03/16/11	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 9)
01/25/12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater
01/31/12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brannon
02/02/12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam