South Carolina S 55: Firearm transfers

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2025-2026 Bill 55 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 11, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 55

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 24-13-150, RELATING TO EARLY RELEASE, DISCHARGE, COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, 
LIMITATIONS, FORFEITURE OF CREDITS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SENTENCE 
OF AN INMATE CONVICTED OF CERTAIN "NO PAROLE OFFENSES" UPON SATISFYING CERTAIN 
CONDITIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 24-13-210, RELATING TO GOOD BEHAVIOR CREDITS, 
SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SENTENCE OF AN INMATE CONVICTED OF 
CERTAIN "NO PAROLE OFFENSES" UPON THE INMATE'S SATISFYING CERTAIN CONDITIONS; 
AND BY AMENDING SECTION 24-13-230, RELATING TO THE REDUCTION OF A SENTENCE FOR 
PRODUCTIVE DUTY ASSIGNMENT OR PARTICIPATION IN AN ACADEMIC, TECHNICAL, OR 
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SENTENCE 
OF AN INMATE CONVICTED OF CERTAIN "NO PAROLE OFFENSES" UPON THE INMATE'S 
SATISFYING CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 24-13-150(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (A) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except in a case in which the death penalty or a term of life 
imprisonment is imposed, an inmate convicted of a "no parole offense" as 
defined in Section 24-13-100 and sentenced to the custody of the Department of 
Corrections, including an inmate serving time in a local facility pursuant to a 
designated facility agreement authorized by Section 24-3-20 or Section 24-3-30, 
is not eligible for early release, discharge, or community supervision as 
provided in Section 24-21-560, until the inmate has served at least eighty-five 
percent of the actual term of imprisonment imposed. However, 
an inmate convicted of a "no parole offense" who has been determined by the 
department's inmate records office to have had no substantial or major 
disciplinary infractions and has substantially completed a rehabilitation 
program and the department's reentry program is eligible for early release, 
discharge, and community supervision as provided in Section 24-21-560 once the 
inmate has served at least seventy-seven percent of the term of imprisonment 
imposed. In addition to these requirements, an inmate convicted of a "no parole 
offense" related to controlled substances or other illegal drugs is eligible 
for early release, discharge, and community supervision once the inmate has 
served seventy-five percent of the term of imprisonment imposed. The provision 
related to an inmate convicted of a "no parole offense" related to controlled 
substances or other illegal drugs applies retroactively to the term of 
imprisonment imposed. This percentage These percentages must be calculated without the 
application of earned work credits, education credits, or good conduct credits, 
and is to be applied to the actual term of imprisonment imposed, not including 
any portion of the sentence which has been suspended. The 
sentencing judge shall announce the minimum and maximum term of imprisonment 
imposed. Nothing in this section may be construed to allow an inmate 
convicted of murder or an inmate prohibited from participating in work release, 
early release, discharge, or community supervision by another provision of law 
to be eligible for work release, early release, discharge, or community 
supervision.

SECTION 2. Section 24-13-210(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (B) An inmate convicted of a "no 
parole offense" against this State as defined in Section 24-13-100 and 
sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections, including an inmate 
serving time in a local facility pursuant to a designated facility agreement 
authorized by Section 24-3-20 or Section 24-3-30, whose record of conduct shows 
that he has faithfully observed all the rules of the institution where he is 
confined and has not been subjected to punishment for misbehavior, is entitled 
to a deduction from the term of his sentence beginning with the day on which 
the service of his sentence commences to run, computed at the rate of three 
days for each month served. An inmate convicted of a "no 
parole offense" related to controlled substances or other illegal drugs who has 
been determined by the department's inmate records office to have had no 
substantial or major disciplinary infractions and has substantially completed a 
rehabilitation program and the department's reentry program is eligible for 
early release, discharge, and community supervision once the inmate has served 
seventy-five percent of the term of imprisonment imposed. The provision related 
to an inmate convicted of a "no parole offense" related to controlled 
substances or other illegal drugs applies retroactiv