republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-131.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-425 SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO MAKE THREATS TO TAKE THE LIVES OF OR TO INFLICT BODILY HARM UPON OTHERS BY USING ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER, AND TO PROVIDE THE SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REPEAL, REPLACE, OR PRECLUDE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER CRIMINAL STATUTE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-420, RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING DISTURBING SCHOOLS, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSES TO PROVIDE A DELINEATED LIST OF THOSE ACTIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION, TO LIMIT ITS APPLICATION TO ACTIONS BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT STUDENTS, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF A DISTURBING SCHOOLS OFFENSE, AND TO ELIMINATE JURISDICTION OF SUMMARY COURTS AND FAMILY COURTS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-425 SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO MAKE THREATS TO TAKE THE LIVES OF OR TO INFLICT BODILY HARM UPON OTHERS BY USING ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER, AND TO PROVIDE THE SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REPEAL, REPLACE, OR PRECLUDE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER CRIMINAL STATUTE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-420, RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING DISTURBING SCHOOLS, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSES TO PROVIDE A DELINEATED LIST OF THOSE ACTIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION, TO LIMIT ITS APPLICATION TO ACTIONS BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT STUDENTS, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF A DISTURBING SCHOOLS OFFENSE, AND TO ELIMINATE JURISDICTION OF SUMMARY COURTS AND FAMILY COURTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 131	South Carolina S 131 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Fanning Hutto Jackson Kimpson M.B. Matthews Malloy McLeod Senn Shealy	6	22	2	2016-12-13	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/1c70bc6c-05ac-43ae-9df9-7f33dfb057eb	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=131&session=122&summary=B	6776f3810ace4580fc98c296674c08b662ca3ba1891d10a13844c76f3aeb3b9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 131 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-425 SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO MAKE THREATS TO TAKE THE LIVES OF OR TO INFLICT BODILY HARM UPON OTHERS BY USING ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER, AND TO PROVIDE THE SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REPEAL, REPLACE, OR PRECLUDE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER CRIMINAL STATUTE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-420, RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING DISTURBING SCHOOLS, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSES TO PROVIDE A DELINEATED LIST OF THOSE ACTIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION, TO LIMIT ITS APPLICATION TO ACTIONS BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT STUDENTS, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF A DISTURBING SCHOOLS OFFENSE, AND TO ELIMINATE JURISDICTION OF SUMMARY COURTS AND FAMILY COURTS. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/13/2016 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/5/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/6/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 33–8 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 102–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fanning — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Kimpson — primary (person)
• M.B. Matthews — primary (person)
• Malloy — primary (person)
• McLeod — primary (person)
• Senn — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-12-13 Prefiled filing
• 2016-12-13 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Timmons, Rice
• 2017-03-22 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-04-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-04-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-04-05 Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-8
• 2017-04-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-04-06 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-18 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-05-03 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-2
• 2018-05-10 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 198
• 2018-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-24 Effective date 05/17/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 182

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c70bc6c-05ac-43ae-9df9-7f33dfb057eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).