A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-920(C) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN SHALL BE INTERVIEWED USING A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER NOT RELATED TO THE CHILD, TO ALLOW FOR REMOTE VIDEO INTERPRETATION, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, TITLE 16, RELATING TO CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO PROVIDE THAT INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN WHICH A HEARING IMPAIRED CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED OR WITNESSED THE ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MUST BE CONDUCTED WITH THE USE OF A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER NOT RELATED TO THE CHILD.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Last action Feb 7, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Feb 1, 2017
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Feb 1, 2017
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Feb 7, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Feb 2, 2017
Upper · Passed
Read third time and sent to House
upper
Feb 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Feb 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment Adopted
upper
Feb 1, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (22-0)
senate
Jan 25, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
upper
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
upper
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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