A Bill to Amend Section 63-7-1640 of the 1976 Code, Relating to Family Preservation and Reunification, to Allow the Department of Social Services to Forego Reasonable Efforts to Reunify a Family in the Case of Torture; to Amend Section 63-7-2570, Relating to Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights, to Add Torture, or Conspiring to Commit Torture, as a Ground for Terminating a Parent's Rights; to Amend Section 16-3-85, Relating to Homicide by Child Abuse, to Add Death of a Child by Torture, or by Conspiring to Torture, as Actions Constituting the Offense, and to Establish Criminal Penalties; to Amend Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 16 of the 1976, Relating to Homicide, by Adding Section 16-3-100 to Provide That Torturing a Child, or Allowing Another to Torture a Child, Is a Criminal Offense, and to Establish Penalties; and to Define Necessary Terms.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
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- Senate
- Sponsors
- 14
- Latest action
- May 9, 2018
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