2025-2026 Bill 99 Text of Previous Version (Apr.(Dec.

16,12, 2025)2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 99Indicates 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 Aprilbill 16,  2025TO  AMEND S.THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 16 SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR PERSONS WHO COMMIT CERTAIN DELINEATED CRIMES WHEN THE VICTIM WAS INTENTIONALLY SELECTED BASED ON CERTAIN FACTORS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF A VIOLATION OF THE ARTICLE MAY BRING A CIVIL ACTION FOR DAMAGES SUSTAINED.

99   Introduced by Senator Matthews   S.

Printed 4/16/25--S.

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

99) to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Article 22 to Chapter 3, Title so as to provide additional penalties for persons who commit certain delineated, 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 16-3-2410(A)(1) and (2) and inserting:

(1) When a person commits a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60 or commits assault by mob in the second degree as defined in Section 16-3-210(C) and the trier of fact determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense was committed against a victim who was intentionally selected in whole or in part because of the person's belief or perception regarding the victim's race, color, religion, political views, sex, gender, national orientation, or physical or mental disability, whether or not the perception is correct, the person is subject to additional penalties as provided in subsection (B).

       (2) For purposes of this article, the definition of "sex" shall conform to the definition as set forth in the majority's holding in Bostock v.

Clayton County, Georgia, 140 S.Ct.

1731 (2020).

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

  LUKE RANKIN for Committee.

  _______                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 22 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 16 SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR PERSONS WHO COMMIT CERTAIN DELINEATED CRIMES WHEN THE VICTIM WAS INTENTIONALLY SELECTED BASED ON CERTAIN FACTORS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF A VIOLATION OF THE ARTICLE MAY BRING A CIVIL ACTION FOR DAMAGES SUSTAINED.

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