South Carolina House Bill 3973 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Grant The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Specific And Exclusive Jurisdiction And Authority To Conduct An Investigation Of All Officer-involved Shootings That Result, Or Could Have Resulted, In Bodily Injury Or Death, To Allow For An Investigation Of An Officer-involved Shooting To Be Completed By A Separate Law Enforcement Agency In Certain Circumstances, To Establish A Protocol For Evidence Collection And Processing In Certain Circumstances, To Grant An Investigating Officer The Same Authority As He Would Have In His Home Jurisdiction For The Duration Of The Investigation, To Establish A Procedure For The Forwarding Of The Evidence To The Circuit Solicitor Upon Completion Of The Investigation, And To Establish Penalties For The Failure To Complete An Independent Investigation Pursuant To The Provisions Of This Section.

Officer-involved shootings

Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]

Rep. Edward Tallon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2015-04-14	House	Introduced and read first time

S0650 (Similar To) 2016-05-31 - Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
H3990 (Similar To) 2015-04-16 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H3991 (Similar To) 2015-04-16 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	3	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3973&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/3973_20150414.htm