Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4316 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Weapons, unlawful on school or college property Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:DKA/3075AL.94 Introduced Date:19940111 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940111 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick Kirsh Walker Waites Keyserling Haskins Meacham Snow Allison Stuart Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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4316 House 19940111 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to Committee
4316 House 19931201 Prefiled, referred to 25
Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-23-435 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE TO POSSESS A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR ON A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-23-435. (A) It is unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-one to carry on his person a firearm (rifle, shotgun, pistol, or similar device that propels a projectile through the energy of an explosive), a knife, a blackjack, a metal pipe or pole, or any other type of device or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or death while on the property of an elementary, middle, secondary, college, university, or technical school in this State or while attending an activity or event sponsored by one of these institutions.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for a mandatory term of one year. The one-year mandatory term may not be suspended or reduced. In addition to the imprisonment, upon conviction, the person must be permanently expelled from any school, college, or university."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.