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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Short and Elliott
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Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Definition of weapons
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/8/2004 Senate Prefiled
12/8/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/11/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-104
1/11/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-104
2/4/2005 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Jackson, Knotts,
Bryant
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 16-23-405, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "WEAPON" AND THE CONFISCATION AND DISPOSITION OF WEAPONS USED IN THE COMMISSION OF OR IN THE FURTHERANCE OF A CRIME, SO AS TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF WEAPON TO INCLUDE AN ELECTRO-MUSCULAR DISRUPTION DEVICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-23-405(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(1) Except for the provisions relating to rifles and shotguns in Section 16-23-460, as used in this chapter, 'weapon' means firearm (rifle, shotgun, pistol, or similar device that propels a projectile through the energy of an explosive), a knife with a blade over two inches long, a blackjack, a metal pipe or pole, a device that causes electro-muscular disruption, or any other another type of device or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or death."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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