South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018
H. 3219
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Whipper
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7041ahb17.docx
Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Kidnapping
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
12/15/2016 House Prefiled
12/15/2016 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/10/2017 House Introduced and read first time (House Journalpage116)
1/10/2017 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journalpage116)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/15/2016
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 163910, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF KIDNAPPING, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING BEFORE JUNE 5, 1991, AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT MAY PETITION THE COURT FOR A REDUCTION IN HIS SENTENCE TO THIRTY YEARS AND THE COURT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY REDUCE THE SENTENCE ACCORDINGLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 163910 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“Section 163910. (A) Whoever shall unlawfully seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, kidnap, abduct, or carry away any other person by any means whatsoever without authority of law, except when a minor is seized or taken by his parent, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty years unless sentenced for murder as provided in Section 16320.
(B) A person convicted of a violation of this section prior to June 5, 1991, and sentenced to life imprisonment may petition the court for a reduction in his sentence from life imprisonment to thirty years unless the person was sentenced for murder, as provided in Section 16320, and the court, in its sole discretion, may reduce the sentence accordingly.”
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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