Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation H3013
Legislation Overview
Title: Prohibition on Assault Weapons
Description: Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute, Increase The Penalties For A Violation, And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; By Amending Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon", By Amending Sections 16-23-220, 16-23-230, And 16-23-240, All Relating To The Unlawful Transportation, Storing, Keeping, Or Possessing, And Sale, Rental, Or Giving Away Of Machine Guns, Military Firearms, Sawed-off Shotguns Or Rifles, Respectively, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The List Of Weapons Banned By The Provisions Of The Statutes; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful To Sell Or Give A Firearm To A Person Whose Name Appears On The Terrorist Watch List And To Provide A Penalty For A Person Who Violates This Provision.
Session: 125th General Assembly
Last Action: Scrivener's error corrected
Last Action Date: January 31, 2023
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
6 sponsors: Wendell Gilliard (D); Joseph Jefferson (D); Patricia Henegan (D); Carl Anderson (D); Ivory Thigpen (D); Marvin Pendarvis (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (6 of 124)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| House | Jan 18, 2023 | Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Kirby |
| House | Jan 11, 2023 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson, Thigpen, Pendarvis |
| House | Jan 10, 2023 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| House | Jan 10, 2023 | Introduced and read first time |
| House | Dec 8, 2022 | Prefiled |
| House | Dec 8, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Jan 31, 2023 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Dec 8, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Dec 8, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
