South Carolina 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

S 143 — Household Member & Dating Relationship

Last action — Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 20-4-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AND TO DEFINE A DATING RELATIONSHIP; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 20-4-40, RELATING TO PETITION FOR ORDER OF PROTECTION, SO AS TO DESIGNATE PEOPLE WHO CAN APPLY FOR AN ORDER OF PROTECTION ON BEHALF OF A MINOR.

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Action History

  1. Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary

  2. Scrivener's error corrected

  3. Committee report: Favorable Judiciary

  4. Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Matthews, Rice, Senn, Adams

  5. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  6. Introduced and read first time

  7. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  8. Prefiled

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8 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on

Sponsors (8)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (162)

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 143 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 20-4-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AND TO DEFINE A DATING RELATIONSHIP; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 20-4-40, RELATING TO PETITION FOR ORDER OF PROTECTION, SO AS TO DESIGNATE PEOPLE WHO CAN APPLY FOR AN ORDER OF PROTECTION ON BEHALF OF A MINOR.
Who sponsors S 143?
S 143 is sponsored by Senator Stephen L. Goldfinch, Senator Brad Hutto, Senator Darrell Jackson, Senator Tameika Isaac Devine, Gustafson, Penry, McLeod, Mia S., Senn, Sandy, and Shealy, Katrina Frye.
What is the current status of S 143?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track S 143?
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