South Carolina House Bill 3457

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 31-1)
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 Enacting The "human Life Protection Act" By Adding Section 44-41-615 So As To Prohibit All Abortions In The State Of South Carolina, With An Exception For Medical Emergencies, And To Establish Penalties; By Adding Section 44-41-685 So As To Address A Woman's Right To Anonymity In Related Legal Proceedings; By Amending Sections 44-41-610, 44-41-620, 44-41-630, And 44-41-640, All Relating To The "fetal Heartbeat And Protection From Abortion Act," So As To Make Conforming Changes And To Address Access To Contraceptives And Assisted Reproductive Technologies; By Providing The General Assembly The Right To Intervene In Legal Challeneges To The Act; By Amending Section 44-41-37, Relating To Abortion Counseling For Minors, So As To Eliminate Reference To A Judicial Bypass Procedure; By Amending Sections 44-41-60 And 44-41-90, Relating To Reporting Of Abortions And Public Funding Of Abortions Respectively, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Repealing Sections 44-41-32, 44-41-33, And 44-41-34 Relating To A Judicial Bypass Procedure For Minors Seeking An Abortion; By Repealing Sections 44-41-650 And 44-41-660 Relating To Exceptions For Rape And Incest And For Fatal Fetal Anomaly Respectively; And To Retitle Article 6 Of Chapter 41, Title 44, As The "human Life Protection Act."

Human Life Protection Act

Rep. John Mccravy [R]	Rep. Murrell Smith [R]	Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. William Bailey [R]
Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. William Chumley [R]	Rep. Bobby Cox [R]	Rep. Sarita Edgerton [R]
Rep. Daniel Gibson [R]	Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Bill Hager [R]
Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. William Herbkersman [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Johnson [R]	Rep. Wallace Jordan [R]
Rep. Brian Lawson [R]	Rep. Randy Ligon [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. Donald McCabe [R]
Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. Jordan Pace [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]
Rep. David Vaughan [R]	Rep. Joe White [R]	Rep. Mark Willis [R]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]
Rep. Robby Robbins [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]	Rep. Luke Rankin [R]	Rep. Fawn Pedalino [R]

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
44	41	32	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	33	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	34	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	37	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	610	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	615	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	620	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	630	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	640	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	650	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	660	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	685	(n/a)	See Bill Text
44	41	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3457&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3457_20241205.htm