Bills Assigned to Keyword - Public Safety (125)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/26/2024


H 3115 Prohibits texting while drivingSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits a person from operating a vehicle in motion while text messaging or receiving text messages or using any form of electronic reading device.
Sponsor: Gilliard House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3118 Allows use of deadly force against an assailant trying to break in a carSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows a person to use deadly force against an individual when the person reasonably believes the individual is using or attempting to use illegal force against him or another person in a vehicle.
Sponsor: Limehouse House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3119 Prohibits text messaging while driving a car or school bus03.02.11 The House Education and Public Works Motor Vehicles subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits individuals from using a text messaging device or a hand-held mobile telephone while driving a vehicle or school bus.
Sponsor: McEachern House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3122 Changes the law regarding special permits to move vehicles during an emergency05.25.11 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report. 05.18.11 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. 01.25.11 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report. 01.19.11 The House Education and Public Works Motor Vehicles and Public Works subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. Summary of the bill as introduced: Deletes the word "move" from the current law and replaces it with the word "operate."   
Sponsor: J.M. Neal House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 107 Status Date: 2/10/2012
Keywords: General Governance Public Safety
Passed
H 3126 Requires custodial interrogations to be video recordedSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires certain statements made during a custodial interrogation to be video recorded. This bill also requires the court to instruct the jury that it may draw an adverse inference for a law enforcement officer who does not video record a statement related to a crime.
Sponsor: Rutherford House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Police Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3130 Creates the offense of sexting05.29.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment creates a first offense fine of $150, a second offense fine of $500 and a third offense misdemeanor of $1000.05.24.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes it illegal for a person who is less than eighteen years of age to use a telecommunications device to knowingly transmit or distribute to another person a photograph or text message with a photograph attachment depicting a person who is less than eighteen years of age in a state of sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity.05.02.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.03.06.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee.02.29.12 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment strikes all of the language in the current bill. The new language makes it illegal for a child under seventeen years old to use a telecommunications device to knowingly  transmit or distribute a picture or text message depicting another person under eighteen years old in a state of sexual activity or nudity.01.24.12 The House Judiciary committee recommitted this bill to the subcommittee.05.18.11 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. As soon as the amendment is available, it will be posted.04.13.11 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill.03.02.11 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill.02.09.11 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Creates the offense of sexting and provides for the use of the uniform traffic ticket for the offense and for jurisdiction over the offense in the municipal or magistrates court.
Sponsor: Brady House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Scrivener's error corrected Status Date: 5/31/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3138 Home Invasion Protection ActSummary of the bill as introduced: Establishes the offense of home invasion in the first, second and third degrees.
Sponsor: Gilliard House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3141 Creates the hate crime of assaulting a homeless personSummary of the bill as introduced: Creates the hate crime of assault and battery upon a homeless person.
Sponsor: Gilliard House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3157 Provides an alternate penalty for driving over the speed limit02.09.11 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Provides an alternate penalty for driving in excess of the posted speed limit but not in excess of 10 miles an hour.
Sponsor: Rutherford House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3158 Increases the maximum speed limitSummary of the bill as introduced: Increases the maximum speed limit that may be posted along interstate highways and freeways.
Sponsor: Rutherford House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3160 Illegal to text while drivingSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits a person from using a handheld wireless communication device while driving a vehicle.
Sponsor: Sellers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Butler Garrick Status Date: 2/10/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3161 Allows concealed weapons to be kept under the seat in a vehicleSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows a person with a concealed weapons permit to secure the weapon under a seat in the vehicle or any open or closed storage compartment within the vehicles passenger compartment.
Sponsor: Sellers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3163 Includes mopeds in the definition of motor vehicles02.15.12 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Includes mopeds in the definition of motor vehicles.
Sponsor: Tallon House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Read second time Status Date: 6/6/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3189 Creates a joint project on litter02.15.11 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs II subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Creates a joint project on litter that requires cooperation from local correctional facilities in the eradication of litter.
Sponsor: Cobb-Hunter House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Knight Status Date: 2/16/2011
Keywords: General Governance Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3196 Use of restraints on juvenilesSummary of the bill as introduced: Provides restrictions on the use of restraints on juveniles unless the restraints are necessary to prevent harm.
Sponsor: Brady House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Long Status Date: 3/2/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3274 Requirements for ejectment of a tenant05.29.12 The Senate Judiciary committee carried this bill over.05.16.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments have no effect on cities and towns.04.17.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report.03.28.12 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. A soon as the amendment is drafted by subcommittee staff, it will be posted on the tracking system.02.01.11 The House Judiciary committee adjourned debate on this bill.01.26.11 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes a technical language change.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires a magistrate to immediately issue an ejectment warrant and law enforcement officers must eject the tenant if grounds for ejectment constitute malicious property damage or threat to human life and the tenant fails to appear and show cause within five days.
Sponsor: Huggins House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Committee report: Favorable Judiciary Status Date: 5/31/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3287 Disposal of abandoned watercraft03.16.11 The Senate, Fish, Game and Forestry committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee. 03.09.11 A Senate Fish, Game and Forestry subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment  allows only the Department of Natural Resources to identify a watercraft as abandoned. 02.08.11 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment reinstated the language "at the risk and expense of the owner," giving the local government agency the ability to recoup its expenses in removing the abandoned vessel if it identifies the owner of an abandoned vessel. 02.01.11 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs 1 subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows an abandoned watercraft to be removed and disposed of by any government agency that has jurisdiction over the area where the abandoned watercraft is located. This bill also allows a watercraft abandoned for at least 90 days may be claimed by any person or entity as abandoned property.
Sponsor: Hardwick House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 21 Status Date: 5/17/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Passed
H 3291 Creates the SC Department of Law Enforcement and Public Safety02.24.11 The House Judiciary Constitutional Laws subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Create the new SC Department of Law Enforcement and Public Safety.
Sponsor: Cooper House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bingham, Henderson, Owens, G.R.Smith, Patrick, Allison, Forrester, Parker, Tallon, Cole, Brannon, Chumley, Loftis, Bowen, Hiott, Sandifer, White, Brady, Erickson, Murphy, Harrell, McCoy, Long, Loftis, Barfield Status Date: 1/26/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3292 Revises the law regarding possession of a handgun01.24.12 The House Judiciary committee recommitted this bill to the subcommittee. 03.01.11 The House Judiciary committee adjourned debate on this bill. 02.24.11 The House Judiciary General Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with a strike and insert amendment. 02.17.11 The House Judiciary General Laws subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Provides a list of locations where certain persons are prohibited from carrying a handgun.
Sponsor: Pitts House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole Status Date: 4/5/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3308 Enacts Jaidon's Law05.17.11 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. As soon as the amendment is available, it will be posted. 04.26.11 The House Judiciary General Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment only makes technical changes. Summary of the bill as introduced: Makes changes to the contents, approval and amendments of a placement plan developed by the Department of Social Services for a child removed from the custody of his or her parents.
Sponsor: Forrester House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Sheheen (ch), Knotts, Campsen, Lourie, Campbell Status Date: 1/9/2012
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3372 Illegal to remove electronic collars on dogs02.22.12 The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committee recommitted the bill to subcommittee.02.15.12 A Senate Agriculture subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment has to do with the identification on the collar.Summary of the bill as introduced: Makes it illegal to remove or destroy an electronic collar or other electronic device placed on a dog by its owner to maintain control of the dog.
Sponsor: Hixon House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Status Date: 2/15/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3376 Campus police releasing information to local law enforcementSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires a college or university campus police department to release all files and information in its possession regarding a student's suspension, expulsion or withdrawal from the institution for disruptive or antisocial behavior to the local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the campus.
Sponsor: Limehouse House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams, Jefferson Status Date: 1/27/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3395 Adds the death penalty for the murder of a federal, state or local elected or appointed officialSummary of the bill as introduced: Adds the murder of a federal, state or local elected or appointed official acting in his or her official duties as an aggravating circumstance for which the death penalty may be imposed.
Sponsor: Murphy House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/20/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3405 Allows elected or appointed officials to carry a concealed weapon while on duty01.27.11 The House General Laws subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Includes any elected or appointed public official not already on the list of elected and appointed officials allowed to carry a concealed weapon while on duty.
Sponsor: Vick House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/20/2011
Keywords: Public Safety
Of Interest
H 3431 Enacts John's Law05.25.11 The Senate Transportation committee gave this bill a favorable report. 05.18.11 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. 03.30.11 The House Education and Public Works committee gave this bill a favorable report. 03.03.11 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. 02.09.11 The House Education and Public Works Transportation and Roadways subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment requires notice to local governments that have jurisdiction over road crossing with railroads. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the Department of Transportation to publish its list of railroad crossings at which it plans to install crossing arms and other safety devices.
Sponsor: G.M. Smith House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 54 Status Date: 6/20/2011
Keywords: Public Safety Transportation
Passed






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