H*3060(Rat #0284, Act #0266 of 2006)  General Bill, By Ceips, Vaughn, Mahaffey, 
Sandifer, Toole, Duncan, M.A. Pitts, Umphlett, Dantzler, Whitmire, Barfield, 
Jefferson, Govan, Hosey, Vick, Chalk, J. Hines, Anderson, G. Brown, Miller, 
Battle, Whipper, Sinclair, Haley, Martin, Young, Haskins, Brady, Moody-Lawrence, 
Loftis, Phillips, Anthony, R. Brown, D.C. Smith, Limehouse, Coates, Owens, 
Rhoad, Leach, Littlejohn, Neilson, Bales, E.H. Pitts, Huggins and Scarborough
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 16-3-930 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FOR FORCED
 LABOR OR SERVICES, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY, TO DEFINE THE TERM "FORCED LABOR OR
 SERVICES", AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PERSONS IN THE CUSTODY OF A
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. - ratified title

   12/08/04  House  Prefiled
   12/08/04  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/11/05  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-67
   01/11/05  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-68
   01/12/05  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan,
                     M.A.Pitts
   01/13/05  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Umphlett
   01/26/05  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
                     Dantzler, Whitmire, Barfield, Jefferson, Govan,
                     Hosey, Vick, Chalk, J.Hines, Anderson, G.Brown,
                     Miller, Battle, Whipper, Sinclair, Haley,
                     Martin, Young, Haskins, Brady, Moody-Lawrence,
                     Loftis, Phillips, Anthony, R.Brown, D.C.Smith,
                     Limehouse, Coates, Owens, Rhoad, Leach,
                     Littlejohn, Neilson, Bales, E.H.Pitts, Huggins
   02/23/05  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Scarborough
   04/19/05  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary HJ-61
   04/26/05         Scrivener's error corrected
   04/26/05  House  Amended HJ-117
   04/26/05  House  Read second time HJ-118
   04/27/05  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-24
   04/28/05  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   04/28/05  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
   05/09/05  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Jackson,
                     Knotts, Bryant
   04/05/06  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-22
   04/06/06  Senate Amended SJ-30
   04/06/06  Senate Read second time SJ-30
   04/11/06  Senate Amended SJ-17
   04/11/06  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-17
   04/20/06  House  Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 25, 2006 HJ-69
   04/25/06  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-148
   04/27/06         Ratified R 284
   05/02/06         Signed By Governor
   05/04/06         Copies available
   05/04/06         Effective date 05/02/06
   05/09/06         Act No. 266

(A266, R284, H3060)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-930 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FOR FORCED LABOR OR SERVICES, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY, TO DEFINE THE TERM "FORCED LABOR OR SERVICES", AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PERSONS IN THE CUSTODY OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Trafficking in persons for forced labor or services

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-3-930.    (A)    A person who knowingly subjects another person to forced labor or services, or recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means another person knowing that the person will be subjected to forced labor or services, or aids, abets, attempts, or conspires to do any of the above acts is guilty of a felony known as trafficking in persons for forced labor or services and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years.

(B)    'Forced labor or services' means any type of labor or services performed or provided by a person rendered through another person's exertion of physical, financial, or other means of control over the person providing the labor or services.

(C)    This section does not apply to labor or services performed or provided by a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections or a local jail, detention center, or correctional facility."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 27th day of April, 2006.

Approved the 2nd day of May, 2006.