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H. 4703
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, Wooten, Clyburn, Taylor and Wheeler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5738cm20.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2020
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Driver's license; cancelled, suspended or revoked
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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11/20/2019 House Prefiled
11/20/2019 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2020 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 73)
1/14/2020 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 73)
1/15/2020 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-1-467 SO AS TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A CANCELED, SUSPENDED, OR REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND CAUSING THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-1-467. Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person who drives a motor vehicle on the public highways of this State when his license to drive is canceled, suspended, or revoked and causes the death of another person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years, or fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars or not more than ten thousand dollars, or both."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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