Bill > S0208

This bill amends South Carolina law to establish and clarify penalties for two serious driving offenses: reckless vehicular homicide and felony reckless driving. For reckless vehicular homicide, which occurs when a person's reckless driving leads to another person's death within three years, the penalties include a fine of $1,000 to $15,000, up to fifteen years in prison, and a mandatory five-year driver's license revocation. After one year, the offender may petition the circuit court to reinstate their license, subject to conditions such as no involvement of drugs or alcohol in the original incident, completion of legal penalties, and demonstration of safe driving potential. Similarly, for felony reckless driving, which involves causing "great bodily injury" (defined as creating a substantial risk of death or causing serious, permanent disfigurement), the penalties include a fine of $1,000 to $10,000, up to ten years in prison, and a three-year driver's license revocation. The bill also includes a provision that if a driver's license is reinstated, any subsequent moving violation will result in automatic cancellation of the license and reimposition of the full original revocation period. These changes aim to create stricter consequences for dangerous driving behaviors that result in serious harm or death.

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https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0208&session=126&summary=B