SC HOUSE BILLS:

H.3039 SENATOR CLEMENTA C. PINCKNEY HATE CRIMES ACT Companion bill to S.247. Simplified. Any crime over 2nd degree assault committed with the perception of the victim's race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability, whether or not the perception is correct, is classified as a hate crime and can be charged for an additional 5 years and up to a $10K fine.

H.3038 Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights Ensures protections for sexual assault survivors throughout an investigative process, that the State cannot later charge them for any services provided during the investigation, and that a person accused or convicted does not have the standing to compel a survivor to comply or not comply with any part of the statute.

H.3052 Additional Sentencing for Assault on Law Enforcement and School Staff Adds 5 years mandatory sentencing for any assault charges and does not exclude misdemeanor charges.

H.3093 Additional Sentencing for Assault on Healthcare Workers Adds an additional felony charge for any assault on healthcare workers.

H.3392 Duplicate Bill H.3093 Almost word for word copy of the bill H.3093 with many of the same sponsors.

H.3533 Additional Sentencing for Assault on Law Enforcement, Corrections, Emergency Services whether Federal, State or Local. Same as H. 3052, 3093, 3392. Different only in who is identified as the victims of said assaults. Again with basically the same sponsors.

H.3548 Additional Sentencing for Assault based on Hate Uses the exact wording of the other “additional sentencing” bills, but for hate based assaults where the victims are selected for “race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or homelessness” regardless of whether the assailant’s assumption was correct or incorrect.**

**Bill copies Republican bills that are duplicated over and over for various types of workers.