Bill Text: SC H5219 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Video games
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-05 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H5219 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-H5219-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-780 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A MOVIE THEATRE OPERATOR, OR OTHER PERSON WHO PROFITS FROM THE EXHIBITION OF A MOVIE, TO SHOW A MOVIE IN THIS STATE DEPICTING ANY FORM OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO PROVIDE A FINE FOR A VIOLATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 7, Chapter 17, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-17-780. It is unlawful for a movie theatre operator, or other person who profits from the exhibition of a movie, to show a movie in this State depicting any form of gun violence. A person who violates the provisions of this section may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
