South Carolina H 3037: Medicaid expansion

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2025-2026 Bill 3037 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3037

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 17-13-20, RELATING TO CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN CITIZENS MAY ARREST, SO AS TO 
LIMIT THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A CITIZEN MAY ARREST, INCLUDING TAKING THE 
LIFE OF THE PERSON, TO ARREST A PERSON WHO HAS ENTERED A DWELLING HOUSE WITHOUT 
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PERMISSION.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 17-13-20 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 17-13-20. A citizen may arrest a person in the nighttime by 
efficient means as the darkness and the probability of escape render necessary, 
even if the life of the person should be taken, when the person:

 (a) has committed a felony;

 (b) has entered a dwelling 
house without express or implied permission;

 (c) has broken or is 
breaking into an outhouse with a view to plunder;

 (d) has in his possession 
stolen property; or

 (e) 
being under circumstances which raise just suspicion of his design to steal or 
to commit some felony, flees when he is hailed has 
entered a dwelling house without express or implied permission.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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