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H. 5015
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hixon and Forrest
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\177113cz20.docx
Introduced in the House on January 23, 2020
Introduced in the Senate on February 12, 2020
Last Amended on February 11, 2020
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
Summary: Wildlife immobilization
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/23/2020 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 43)
1/23/2020 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 43)
2/6/2020 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture,
Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
(House Journal-page 3)
2/11/2020 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
2/11/2020 House Amended (House Journal-page 17)
2/11/2020 House Read second time (House Journal-page 17)
2/11/2020 House Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 18)
2/12/2020 Scrivener's error corrected
2/12/2020 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 15)
2/12/2020 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
2/12/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
(Senate Journal-page 6)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
1/23/2020
2/6/2020
2/11/2020
2/12/2020
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AMENDED
February 11, 2020
H. 5015
S. Printed 2/11/20--H. [SEC 2/12/20 10:25 AM]
Read the first time January 23, 2020.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-3-425 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO OBTAIN AND UTILIZE SCHEDULE III NONNARCOTIC AND SCHEDULE IV CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR THE CAPTURE AND IMMOBILIZATION OF WILDLIFE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 47-3-420, RELATING TO METHODS OF EUTHANASIA, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 47-3-420(A)(1)(i) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(i) an animal shelter, governmental animal control agency, or the Department of Natural Resources (department) may obtain sodium pentobarbital or a derivative, a Schedule IV drug, or tranquilizing agent by direct licensing. The animal shelter, governmental animal control agency, or department must apply for a Controlled Substance Registration Certificate from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and a State Controlled Substances Registration from the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). If an animal shelter, governmental animal control agency, or the department is issued a certificate by the DEA and a registration by DHEC pursuant to this subitem, the animal shelter, governmental animal control agency director or his designee, and the department's applicant are responsible for maintaining their respective records regarding the inventory, storage, and administration of controlled substances. An animal shelter, governmental animal control agency and its certified euthanasia technician, and the department and its certified employees are subject to inspection and audit by DHEC and the DEA regarding the recordkeeping, inventory, storage, and administration of controlled substances used under authority of this article;"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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