Infant placement
Summary
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PLACEMENT OF INFANTS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS WITHOUT CRIMINAL LIABILITY, SO AS TO ALLOW THE PLACEMENT OF AN INFANT NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR OLD AT A SAFE HAVEN AND TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "INFANT".
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Mar 6, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2019
How they voted
85–0
Passed · 19 other
Total votes 104
Mar 5, 2019
D
Democratic38
78% Yea
R
Republican66
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and sent to Senate
lower
Mar 5, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (85-0-19)
house
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Dec 18, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alan D. Clemmons
RRepublican
P
Ashley Trantham
RRepublican
P
Chip Huggins
RRepublican
P
Garry R. Smith
RRepublican
P
Heather Crawford
RRepublican
P
John McCravy
RRepublican
P
Mike Burns
RRepublican
P
Russell W. Fry
RRepublican
P
Shannon Erickson
RRepublican
P
Steven Long
RRepublican
P
V. Stephen "Steve" Moss
RRepublican
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