South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3533 — Assault and Battery of certain public servants

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis

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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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  • 9 sponsors

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Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-3-600, RELATING TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY OFFENSES, SO AS TO ADD THAT ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE OCCURS WHEN A PERSON INJURES A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER, OR AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WORKER IN THE DISCHARGE OF OR BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.

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2025-2026 Bill 3533 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3533Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-3-600, RELATING TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY OFFENSES, SO AS TO ADD THAT ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE OCCURS WHEN A PERSON INJURES A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER, OR AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WORKER IN THE DISCHARGE OF OR BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 16-3-600(B) of the S.C.
Code is amended to read:
      (B)(1) A person commits the offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature if the person unlawfully injures another person, and:
           (a) great bodily injury to another person results;  or            (b) the act is accomplished by means likely to produce death or great bodily injury;
or            (c) the person injured is a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer or corrections officer, including a county or municipal corrections officer, a firefighter, or an emergency medical services (EMS) worker, during or because of the performance of his official duties.
       (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than twenty years.
       (3) Assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature is a lesser-included offense of attempted murder, as defined in Section 16-3-29.
  SECTION 2.  The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide.
After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
  SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis

  2. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan, Chapman

  3. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett

  4. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  5. Introduced and read first time

  6. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  7. Prefiled

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (161)

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Frequently asked questions

What does H 3533 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-3-600, RELATING TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY OFFENSES, SO AS TO ADD THAT ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE OCCURS WHEN A PERSON INJURES A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CORRECTIONS OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER, OR AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WORKER IN THE DISCHARGE OF OR BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
Who sponsors H 3533?
H 3533 is sponsored by Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope, Representative Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam, Representative M. Brian Lawson, Representative Fawn M. Pedalino, Representative Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr., Representative David Vaughan, Representative Donald G. "Don" Chapman, Representative Sylleste H. Davis, and Representative Marvin "Mark" Smith.
What is the current status of H 3533?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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