South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 3225

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pope, Bryant, Caskey, V.S. Moss, Wooten, Yow, Stavrinakis and McCoy
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7029ahb19.docx

Introduced in the House on January 8, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: 911 call abuse, false reporting

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2018  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
    1/8/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 133)
    1/8/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 133)
    3/6/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Stavrinakis, 
                        McCoy

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2018

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR 911 CALL ABUSE INCLUDING FALSE REPORTING, SO AS TO INCLUDE 911 CALL ABUSE VIA TEXT MESSAGING.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 23-47-80 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 23-47-80.    (A)    It is unlawful for a person anonymously or otherwise to:

(1)    use any words or language of a profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent nature on an emergency 911 number with the intent to intimidate or harass a dispatcher;

(2)    telephone or text the emergency 911 number, whether or not conversation ensues for the purpose of annoying or harassing the dispatcher or interfering with or disrupting emergency 911 service;

(3)    make a telephone call to a 911 dispatcher and intentionally fail to hang up or disengage the connection for the purpose of interfering with or disrupting emergency service;

(4)    text 911 in such a volume to disrupt the emergency service;

(5)    telephone or text the emergency 911 number and intentionally make a false report.

(B)    A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than two hundred dollars, or both."

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

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