S 111 — Failure to Stop

2025-2026 Bill 111 Text of Previous Version (Mar.(Dec.

12,11, 2025)2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 111Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.

Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) Indicates  Matter  Stricken  Indicates  New  Matter    Committee  ReportA Marchbill 12,  2025TO  AMEND S.THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-750, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO STOP MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN SIGNALED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE PENALTIES WHEN VEHICLES LEAD OFFICERS ON HIGH-SPEED PURSUITS WHICH HAVE BEEN VIDEO RECORDED.

111   Introduced by Senators Rice and Alexander   S.

Printed 3/12/25--S.

Read the first time January 14, 2025   ________   The committee on Senate Judiciary To whom was referred a Bill (S.

111) to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 56-5-750, relating to the offense of failure to stop motor vehicles when signaled by law enforcement, etc., respectfully Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

      Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 56-5-750(B)(1), (2), and (3) and inserting:

       (1) for a first offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation, is guilty of a misdemeanorfelony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ninety days nor more than threefive years.

The Department of Motor Vehicles must suspend the person's driver's license for at least thirty days;

or        (2) for a second or subsequent offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fiveten years.

The person's driver's license must be suspended by the department for a period of one year from the date of the conviction;

or        (3) .where the person is found to have led law enforcement upon a high-speed pursuit, the person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than three years and not more than five years, no part of which may be suspended, and the person's driver's license must be suspended for a period of one year from the date of conviction.

For the purposes of this section, a high-speed pursuit occurs when the driver of the vehicle increases speed or takes evasive actions to avoid the pursuing law enforcement vehicle.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 1, by adding:

Section 56-5-750(C) of the S.C.

Code is amended to read:

      (C) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) and when driving performs an act forbidden by law or neglects a duty imposed by law in the driving of the vehicle:

       (1) where great bodily injury resulted, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than tenfifteen years;  or        (2) where death resulted, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than twenty-fivethirty years.

Amend the bill further, by striking SECTION 2 and inserting:

SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.This act takes effect one year after approval of the Governor.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

  LUKE RANKIN for Committee.

  _______                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-750, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO STOP MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN SIGNALED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE PENALTIES WHEN VEHICLES LEAD OFFICERS ON HIGH-SPEED PURSUITS WHICH HAVE BEEN VIDEO RECORDED.

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