Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation H3248
Legislation Overview
Title: Background check for gun transfers
Description: Amend Section 14-17-325, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To The Requirement That Clerks Of Court Report Dispositions Of Cases In General Sessions Court, So As To Require That Every Clerk Of Court Shall Report To The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Within Ten Days, Weekends And Holidays Excluded, The Disposition Of Each Case In General Sessions, And To Report Within Forty-eight Hours The Issuance Of A Restraining Order, Order Of Protection, Order For The Prevention Of Possession Of A Firearm, Convictions Or Orders Related To Domestic Violence, Orders Related To Stalking, Intimidation, Or Harassment, And Orders For Bond With Any Limitations Listed In This Section; By Adding Section 22-1-200 So As To Require Magistrates To Report To The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Within Ten Days, Weekends And Holidays Excluded, The Disposition Of Each Criminal Case, And To Report Within Forty-eight Hours The Issuance Of A Restraining Order, Order Of Protection, Order For The Prevention Of Possession Of A Firearm, Convictions Or Orders Related To Domestic Violence, And Convictions Or Orders Related To Stalking, Intimidation, Or Harassment, And Orders For Bond With Any Limitations Listed In This Section; By Adding Section 14-25-250 So As To Require Magistrates To Report To The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Within Ten Days, Weekends And Holidays Excluded, The Disposition Of Each Criminal Case, And To Report Within Forty-eight Hours The Issuance Of A Restraining Order, Order Of Protection, Order For The Prevention Of Possession Of A Firearm, Convictions Or Orders Related To Domestic Violence, And Convictions Or Orders Related To Stalking, Intimidation, Or Harassment, And Orders For Bond With Any Limitations Listed In This Section; By Adding Section 23-1-250 So As To Require Each Law Enforcement Agency To Report To Sled Within Twenty-four Hours, The Filing Of Each Incident Report, Order Of Protection, Restraining Order, Any Order Or Report Relating To An Incident Of Domestic Violence, Or Any Incident In Which A Person May Be Prohibited From Obtaining Or Possessing A Firearm By State Or Federal Law; By Adding Chapter 32 To Title 14 So As To Create The Judicial Criminal Information Technology Committee, To Establish Membership, Duties, And Responsibilities Of The Committee To Include The Study Of, And To Make Recommendations For, The Improvement Of Judicial And Law Enforcement Information Technology And Reporting; By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 23, Title 16 So As To Define Necessary Terms, To Require That No Gun Transfer Preceded By A Criminal Background Check May Proceed, Unless The Criminal Background Check Has Concluded That The Sale May Proceed, Or Until At Least Five Days Have Passed From The Initiation Of The Background Check And The National Instant Criminal Background Check System Has Not Reported That The Sale Would Violate State Or Federal Law, And To Provide For Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Article; And To Provide For The Sun Setting Of The Five-day Background Check Provisions Upon The Full Implementation Of The Reporting Requirements Of This Act But Not Later Than Two Years From The Effective Date Of The Act.
Session: 123rd General Assembly
Last Action: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cogswell, Stavrinakis, Sottile
Last Action Date: February 28, 2019
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: JA Moore (D); Beth Bernstein (D); Seth Rose (D); Shedron Williams (D); Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D); Peter McCoy (R); Marvin Pendarvis (D); William Cogswell (R); Leonidas Stavrinakis (D); Michael Sottile (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (10 of 124)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 28, 2019 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cogswell, Stavrinakis, Sottile |
| House | Feb 12, 2019 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pendarvis |
| House | Feb 6, 2019 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCoy |
| House | Jan 31, 2019 | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers |
| House | Jan 8, 2019 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| House | Jan 8, 2019 | Introduced and read first time |
| House | Dec 18, 2018 | Prefiled |
| House | Dec 18, 2018 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 18, 2018 | 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
