South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 923

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ryberg, McConnell, Campsen and Martin
Document Path: l:\s-res\wgr\002miti.kmm.doc

Introduced in the Senate on June 2, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Failure to wear seat belt

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    6/2/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-13
    6/2/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-13

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

6/2/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6540 OF THE 1976 CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO WEAR A SEATBELT IS ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE OF FAILURE TO MITIGATE DAMAGES IN A CIVIL ACTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-6540 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act __ of 2005, is further amended to read:

"(B)    A violation of this article is not negligence per se or contributory negligence, and is not but is admissible as evidence of failure to mitigate damages in a civil action."

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

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