S*0062 (Rat #0439, Act #0406 of 1996) General Bill, By McConnell, Courson, Elliott, O'Dell, Rankin, M.T. Rose, Ryberg and Wilson
    A Bill to amend Section 24-3-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the confinement of prisoners, so as to provide that a prisoner who has been sentenced to imprisonment for more than three months who escapes or attempts to escape from custody under certain circumstances may not serve his sentence for the original conviction or an additional sentence for the escape or attempted escape in a minimum security facility and for a certain period and to delete an obsolete reference; and to amend Section 24-13-410, as amended, relating to escaping or attempting to escape from prison, so as to revise the sentence.-amended title
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10/03/94	Senate	Prefiled
10/03/94	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology
01/10/95	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-28
01/10/95	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-28
04/11/95	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Corrections and Penology SJ-27
01/25/96	Senate	Amended SJ-27
01/25/96	Senate	Read second time SJ-27
01/25/96	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-27
01/31/96	Senate	Amended SJ-12
01/31/96	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-12
02/01/96	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-11
02/01/96	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-11
05/02/96	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-2
05/08/96	House	Amended HJ-17
05/08/96	House	Read second time HJ-18
05/09/96	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-15
05/28/96	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-19
05/30/96		Ratified R 439
06/04/96		Signed By Governor
06/04/96		Effective date 06/04/96
06/27/96		Copies available
06/27/96		Act No. 406