South Carolina House Bill 3055

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-1700, Relating To Definitions Regarding Harassment And Stalking Offenses, So As To Revise The Definition Of "pattern" To Include Incidences In Which One Act Is Committed Against One Victim And Another Act Is Committed Against Another Victim Equaling Two Acts Similar In Nature; And By Amending Section 16-3-1710, Relating To Penalties For Convictions Of Harassment In The Second Degree, By Amending Section 16-3-1720, Relating To Penalties For Convictions Of Harassment In The First Degree; And By Amending Section 16-3-1730, Relating To Penalties For Convictions Of Stalking, All So As To Remove The Ten-year Restriction For Prior Offenses And Provide That Provisions Regarding Restraining Orders Apply No Matter The Victim

Harassment and Stalking

Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]

Rep. Thomas Pope [R]

Rep. Tiffany Spann-Wilder [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-14	House	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-05	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-12-05	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	3	1700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	3	1710	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	3	1720	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	3	1730	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3055&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3055_20241205.htm