South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 1005

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter 

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       1005
Type of Legislation:               Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19980210
Primary Sponsor:                   Mescher 
All Sponsors:                      Mescher 
Drafted Document Number:           jud9040.wcm
Residing Body:                     Senate
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                           Sexual intercourse, age of
                                   consent for unmarried person raised
                                   to sixteen years of age; Crimes and
                                   Offenses, Minors
History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
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Senate  19980210  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
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A JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 33 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE AGE OF CONSENT TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FOR AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, SO AS TO RAISE THE AGE OF CONSENT FROM FOURTEEN TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

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

SECTION 1. It is proposed that Article III, Section 33 of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:

"Section 33. The marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eighth or more of negro blood, shall be unlawful and void. No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen eighteen years."

SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:

"Shall Article III, Section 33 of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to increase the age for unmarried women to legally consent to sexual intercourse from fourteen to eighteen years of age?

Yes []

No []

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."

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