S 330 South Carolina Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

Malicious Injury to Public Utilities

Summary

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-740, RELATING TO MALICIOUS INJURY TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, OR ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM", TO PROVIDE CERTAIN WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACTS CONSTITUTE VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE A TIERED SYSTEM OF PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE FIREARMS OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO PROVIDE REMEDIES TO PERSONS INJURED BY VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Jun 2023

Senate Passage

Mar 2023

House Passage

May 2023

Signed into Law

Jun 2023

Introduced Jan 10, 2023 Signed Jun 19, 2023

Floor votes · Senate Mar 28, 2023 · House May 4, 2023

How they voted

42–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 44

Mar 28, 2023

D Democratic14

12 Yea 2

85% Yea

R Republican30

30 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 19, 2023

Signed into law

Signed By Governor

legislature

Jun 14, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference report received and adopted

upper

Jun 14, 2023

Lower · Passed

Conference committee appointed W. Newton, Bailey, Bernstein

lower

Jun 14, 2023

Upper · Passed

Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Rankin, Sabb, Talley

upper

May 16, 2023

Introduced

Non-concurrence in Senate amendment

lower

May 10, 2023

Introduced

Returned to House with amendments

upper

May 10, 2023

Amended

House amendment amended

upper

May 5, 2023

Lower · Passed

Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments

lower

May 4, 2023

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

May 4, 2023

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (108-0-14)

house

May 3, 2023

Lower · Passed

Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

lower

Mar 30, 2023

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

lower

Mar 30, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and read first time

lower

Mar 28, 2023

Upper · Passed

Read third time and sent to House

upper

Mar 28, 2023

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

Mar 16, 2023

Upper · Passed

Committee Amendment Adopted

upper

Feb 22, 2023

Upper · Passed

Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

upper

Jan 12, 2023

Committee

Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Hutto, Malloy, Gustafson, Reichenbach

upper

Jan 10, 2023

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

upper

Jan 10, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and read first time

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors