South Carolina H 4816: Personal property

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2025-2026 Bill 4816 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4816

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS 
BY ENACTING "EGYPT'S LAW" BY AMENDING SECTION 16-3-5, RELATING TO THE 
PROHIBITION AGAINST PROSECUTING PERSONS FOR HOMICIDE WHO CAUSE INJURIES WHICH 
RESULT IN DEATH AT LEAST THREE YEARS LATER, SO AS TO REMOVE THIS LIMITATION AND 
ALLOW PROSECUTION REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN INJURY AND DEATH.

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

SECTION 
1. This act may 
be cited as "Egypt's Law."

SECTION 2. Section 16-3-5 of the S.C. 
Code is amended to read:

 Section 
16-3-5. (A) A person who causes inflicts bodily injury which results 
in the death of the victim is not criminally responsible for the victim's death 
and must not be prosecuted for a homicide offense if at least three years 
intervene between the injury and the death of the victim upon another individual, whether through an act of violence, 
recklessness, or criminal negligence, may be charged with an applicable 
homicide offense if the injured individual later dies as a result of that 
injury, regardless of the amount of time that passes between the injury and the 
death.

 (B) The prosecution is not barred from 
filing or pursuing homicide charges based on any lapse of time between the 
infliction of injury and the resulting death of the victim.

 (C) Nothing in this section may be 
construed to limit the defendant's right to assert a defense regarding 
causation, intervening factors, or other relevant issues at trial.

SECTION 3. The provisions of Section 16-3-5 apply to all offenses 
committed on or after the effective date of this act.

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

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