Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation H4682
Legislation Overview
Title: Selling or giving of firearms
Description: Amend Section 16-23-50, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute And Increase The Penalties For A Violation And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; To Amend Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon"; To Amend 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: 123rd General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 14, 2020
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Wendell Gilliard (D); Leola Robinson-Simpson (D); Lonnie Hosey (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 124)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 14, 2020 | Introduced and read first time |
| House | Jan 14, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| House | Nov 20, 2019 | Prefiled |
| House | Nov 20, 2019 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 20, 2019 | 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
