S*0144(Rat #0285, Act #0208 of 2010)  General Bill, By Campsen and Ford
 AN ACT TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 33, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION
 OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE PROVISION PROVIDING THAT NO UNMARRIED
 WOMAN UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS OLD MAY LEGALLY CONSENT TO SEXUAL
 INTERCOURSE, SO AS TO DELETE THAT PROVISION. - ratified title

   12/10/08  Senate Prefiled
   12/10/08  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/13/09  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-140
   01/13/09  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-140
   04/16/09  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Shoopman
   05/06/09  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-7
   05/07/09  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-25
   05/07/09  Senate Read second time SJ-25
   05/12/09  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-10
   05/12/09  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-108
   05/12/09  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-108
   04/14/10  House  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-10
   04/20/10  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Kennedy, Ott, Weeks,
                     Jefferson, Duncan, Hardwick, and Mack HJ-68
   04/27/10  House  Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 4, 2010 HJ-123
   05/12/10  House  Read second time HJ-43
   05/12/10  House  Roll call Yeas-103  Nays-1 HJ-43
   05/25/10  House  Read third time and enrolled HJ-117
   06/02/10         Ratified R 285
   06/11/10         Effective date 06/02/10
   06/15/10         Act No. 208

(A208, R285, S144)

AN ACT TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 33, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE PROVISION PROVIDING THAT NO UNMARRIED WOMAN UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS OLD MAY LEGALLY CONSENT TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SO AS TO DELETE THAT PROVISION.

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

Constitution, amendment to Section 33, Article III ratified, Age of Consent deleted

SECTION    1.    The amendment to Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of Joint Resolution 118 of 2007, having been submitted to the qualified electors at the General Election of 2008 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified and declared to be a part of the Constitution so that Section 33, Article III is amended to read:

"Section 33.    (Reserved)"

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2010.