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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Malloy and Johnson
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Introduced in the Senate on March 1, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Conviction and sentencing
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/1/2016 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
3/1/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 5)
3/1/2016 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Campsen, Hembree
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 25, TITLE 17 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CONVICTION AND SENTENCING, BY ADDING SECTION 17-25-40, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MUST NOT BE SENTENCED TO DEATH OR A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE IF THAT PERSON WAS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. Article 1, Chapter 25, Title 17 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 17-25-40. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person must not be sentenced to death or a term of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole if that person was less than eighteen years of age at the time the offense was committed."
Section 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. This act is retroactive and constitutes sufficient grounds for the reconsideration of sentences imposed as the result of convictions rendered before the effective date of this act.
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