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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Spires, Bingham, Frye, Haley, Huggins, F.N. Smith, G.R. Smith, Bowen, Brantley, Crawford, Gambrell, Leach, Mitchell, E.H. Pitts and Weeks
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Introduced in the House on February 8, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Parental immunity
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/8/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-10
2/8/2007 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-10
2/15/2007 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-95, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PARENTAL IMMUNITY IN CASES OF INCORRIGIBILITY OF A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IMMUNITY ALSO APPLIES IN CASES OF NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION IF THE CHILD IS EXCLUDED FROM THE HOME AND THERE IS A DEMONSTRABLE RECORD THAT THE CHILD IS INCORRIGIBLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-95 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 450 of 1996, is amended to read:
"A parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care and support of a child may not be charged with unlawful neglect of a child, cruelty to a child, failure to provide reasonable support of a child, negligent supervision, or a similar offense based on the exclusion from the home of a seventeen-year-old child where there is a demonstrable record that the child is incorrigible, (beyond the control of parents)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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