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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McElveen, Shealy, K. Johnson, Hembree, Senn and Campsen
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Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Felonies and misdemeanors
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/9/2020 Senate Prefiled 12/9/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary 1/12/2021 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 218) 1/12/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 218)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS, BY ADDING SECTION 16-1-140, TO ENHANCE THE POSSIBLE SENTENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A SERIOUS OR MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE OR A VIOLENT CRIME OR LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE THAT WAS COMMITTED WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS RELEASED ON BOND FOR A SEPARATE, PREVIOUS SERIOUS OR MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE OR A VIOLENT CRIME OR LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE FOR WHICH HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-1-140. If a person is convicted of a serious offense or most serious offense as defined by Section 17-25-45, a violent crime as defined by Section 16-1-60, or a lesser included offense, any of which the person committed while released on bond for a separate, previous serious offense or most serious offense as defined by Section 17-25-45, violent crime as defined by Section 16-1-60, or lesser included offense for which the person was also convicted, then the person may have added to his sentence an amount of imprisonment up to forty percent of the maximum sentence for the offense the person committed while released on bond."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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