A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 11, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON, TO PROVIDE THAT STRANGULATION IS THE RESTRICTING OF AIR FLOW OR BLOOD CIRCULATION OF A PERSON BY EXTERNAL PRESSURE TO THE THROAT OR NECK, OR THE BLOCKING OF THE NOSE OR MOUTH OF ANOTHER PERSON; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF STRANGULATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IF AN ACT CONSTITUTING STRANGULATION WAS THE RESULT OF A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
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Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Last action Mar 14, 2018
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Mar 14, 2018
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
upper
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
upper
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, McLeod, Senn, R.J.Cash
upper
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Dec 13, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
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