South Carolina H 3364: Involuntary manslaughter

Bill Text

South Carolina General Assembly

124th Session, 2021-2022



H. 3364



STATUS INFORMATION



General Bill

Sponsors: Reps. Fry, Huggins, Dillard, Hewitt, Pendarvis, Trantham, Alexander, B. Newton, V.S. Moss, Pope, McGarry and Yow

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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021

Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary



Summary: Involuntary manslaughter





HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS



	Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number	

	12/9/2020	House	Prefiled

	12/9/2020	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary

	1/12/2021	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal‑page 171)

	1/12/2021	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal‑page 171)

	1/13/2021	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGarry

	1/27/2021	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow



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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL



12/9/2020





















A BILL



TO AMEND SECTION 16‑3‑60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TO INCLUDE THE SALE OR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, THEIR ANALOGUES, OR OTHER UNLAWFUL SUBSTANCES THAT CAUSE THE DEATH OF THE USER WHEN INGESTED, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.



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



SECTION	1.	Section 16‑3‑60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:



	“Section 16‑3‑60.	With regard to the crime of involuntary manslaughter, criminal negligence is defined as the reckless disregard of the safety of others. A person charged with the crime of involuntary manslaughter may be convicted only upon a showing of criminal negligence as defined in this section. A person convicted of involuntary manslaughter must be imprisoned not more than five years. Involuntary manslaughter is the death of a person caused by the criminal negligence of another, or the reckless disregard of the safety of others, which may include, but is not limited to, the unlawful sale or delivery of a controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or other unlawful substance when the ingestion of such substance caused the death of the user. A person convicted of involuntary manslaughter is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.”



SECTION	2.	The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.



SECTION	3.	This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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