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Introduced
01/13/2015
01/13/2015
In Committee
02/12/2015
02/12/2015
Crossed Over
02/12/2015
02/12/2015
Passed
05/19/2016
05/19/2016
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/31/2016
05/31/2016
Introduced Session
121st General Assembly
Bill Summary
Enact The "south Carolina Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act", To Provide Findings Of The General Assembly, To Define Necessary Terms, To Require A Physician To Calculate The Probable Post-fertilization Age Of An Unborn Child Before Performing Or Inducing An Abortion, To Provide That An Abortion May Not Be Performed If The Probable Post-fertilization Age Of The Unborn Child Is Twenty Or More Weeks, To Provide For Exceptions, To Require Certain Reporting To The Department Of Health And Environmental Control By Facilities In Which Abortions Are Performed, To Require The Department Of Health And Environmental Control To Prepare Public Reports That Provide Data On Abortions Performed In The State And To Promulgate Regulations, To Create Criminal Penalties, And To Provide The Act Does Not Implicitly Or Otherwise Repeal Another Provision Of Law
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services, Justice
Sponsors (56)
Wendy Nanney (R)*,
Merita Allison (R),
Todd Atwater (R),
Nathan Ballentine (R),
Bruce Bannister (R),
Eric Bedingfield (R),
Kenneth Bingham (R),
Douglas Brannon (R),
Mike Burns (R),
Bill Chumley (R),
Gary Clary (R),
Alan Clemmons (R),
Christopher Corley (R),
Heather Crawford (R),
William Crosby (R),
Joseph Daning (R),
F. Gregory Delleney (R),
Gregory Duckworth (R),
Shannon Erickson (R),
Mike Forrester (R),
Craig Gagnon (R),
Stephen Goldfinch (R),
Daniel Hamilton (R),
Phyllis Henderson (R),
Bill Herbkersman (R),
Donna Hicks (R),
Jonathon Hill (R),
Davey Hiott (R),
Bill Hixon (R),
Chip Huggins (R),
Ralph Kennedy (R),
Harry Limehouse (R),
Dwight Loftis (R),
Deborah Long (R),
Peter McCoy (R),
James Merrill (R),
Dennis Moss (R),
Steve Moss (R),
Weston Newton (R),
Michael Pitts (R),
Tommy Pope (R),
Joshua Putnam (R),
Rick Quinn (R),
Samuel Rivers (R),
Michael Ryhal (R),
Bill Sandifer (R),
Garry Smith (R),
Murrell Smith (R),
Tommy Stringer (R),
Edward Tallon (R),
Bill Taylor (R),
Anne Thayer (R),
Don Wells (R),
Bill Whitmire (R),
Mark Willis (R),
Richie Yow (R),
Last Action
Act No. 183 (on 05/31/2016)
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