South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 3687

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. J.E. Smith, Bingham and Huggins
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3467sd11.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 643

Introduced in the House on February 15, 2011
Introduced in the Senate on May 3, 2011
Last Amended on April 28, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry

Summary: Prohibit display of wild caught or captive dolphin or whale

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/15/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 13)
   2/15/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 13)
   4/13/2011  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 7)
   4/18/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/26/2011  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Clemmons, GM Smith, Loftis, 
                        Norman, Bedingfield, Hamilton, GR Smith, Sandifer, 
                        Bikas, Sottile, and McCoy (House Journal-page 76)
   4/28/2011  House   Amended (House Journal-page 75)
   4/28/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 75)
   4/28/2011  House   Roll call Yeas-97  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 75)
   4/28/2011  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 77)
   4/29/2011  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 5)
    5/3/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 24)
    5/3/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 24)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/15/2011
4/13/2011
4/18/2011
4/28/2011

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AMENDED

April 28, 2011

H. 3687

Introduced by Reps. J.E. Smith, Bingham and Huggins

S. Printed 4/28/11--H.

Read the first time February 15, 2011.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-2310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL EXHIBIT OF A MARINE MAMMAL IN THIS STATE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF A WILD CAUGHT OR CAPTIVE-BRED DOLPHIN OR WHALE AND TO REQUIRE THE MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK TO ATTEMPT TO REHABILITATE AND TO RELEASE ANY BEACH-STRANDED WHALE OR DOLPHIN AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-5-2310 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-5-2310.    (A)    It is unlawful to exhibit a marine mammal in this State.

(B)    In addition to any other penalty provided in this chapter, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars, not more than one thousand dollars per mammal, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

(A)    It is unlawful for a person, which includes a corporation, to display a wild caught or captive-bred mammal of the order Cetacean (dolphins and whales).

(B)    A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months."

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

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