South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 407

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Gambrell and Cash
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7118cz19.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 22, 2019
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Summary: Prohibit person convicted of animal cruelty from adopting animals

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/22/2019  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11)
   1/22/2019  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 11)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/22/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-1-180 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PERSON CONVICTED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY FROM ADOPTING ANIMALS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 47-1-180 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 47-1-180. A person who is convicted of any violation of this chapter may not adopt or purchase an animal after the date of the conviction. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both. A person who violates the provisions of this section must forfeit the adopted or purchased animal in accordance with the provisions of Section 47-1-170."

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

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