South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A455, R251, H4513

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Cobb-Hunter, Ceips, Hinson, Leach and M.A. Pitts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7086ahb06.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1083

Introduced in the House on January 25, 2006
Introduced in the Senate on February 7, 2006
Last Amended on February 9, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on February 16, 2006
Governor's Action: March 15, 2006, Signed

Summary: Criminal Domestic Violence Study Committee

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/25/2006  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-19
   1/25/2006  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-19
   1/31/2006  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-22
    2/1/2006  House   Read second time HJ-66
    2/2/2006  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-15
    2/7/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-12
    2/7/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-12
    2/8/2006  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-15
    2/9/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-16
    2/9/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-16
   2/14/2006  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-11
   2/16/2006  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-33
   3/14/2006          Ratified R 251
   3/15/2006          Signed By Governor
   3/21/2006          Copies available
   3/21/2006          Effective date 03/15/06
  10/17/2006          Act No. 455

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/25/2006
1/31/2006
2/8/2006
2/9/2006

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(A455, R251, H4513)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 166 OF 2005, RELATING TO CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES AND THEIR PENALTIES, SO AS TO EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE STUDY COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES CREATED BY THIS ACT IS SCHEDULED TO REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM FEBRUARY 15, 2006, TO NO LATER THAN JUNE 1, 2006.

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

Study committee on criminal domestic violence

SECTION    1.    Section 16 of Act 166 of 2005 is amended to read:

"Section 16.    A study committee composed of five members of the Senate, appointed by the President Pro Tempore, and five members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker, is created to study the criminal domestic violence law of the State, the effects of criminal domestic violence on victims, perpetrators, and the economy of the State, and the status of the state's current domestic violence prevention programs, and recommend appropriate changes to the General Assembly no later than June 1, 2006."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 14th day of March, 2006.

Approved the 15th day of March, 2006.

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