{"id":1737,"date":"1998-04-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-04-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/1998\/04\/15\/south-carolina-bill-4303\/"},"modified":"2016-12-13T07:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T07:58:33","slug":"south-carolina-bill-4303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/1998\/04\/15\/south-carolina-bill-4303\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Bill 4303"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Carolina Bill 4303<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    <\/span>Current Status<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bill Number:                    <\/span>4303<\/span><\/p>\n

Ratification Number:            <\/span>375<\/span><\/p>\n

Type of Legislation:            <\/span>Joint Resolution JR<\/span><\/p>\n

Introducing Body:               <\/span>House<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduced Date:     <\/span>           <\/span>19970604<\/span><\/p>\n

Primary Sponsor:                <\/span>Inabinett<\/span><\/p>\n

All Sponsors:                   <\/span>Inabinett, Govan, Jordan, Maddox,<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>Cromer, Kennedy, Whipper, Campsen,<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>Tripp, Jennings, J. Hines, Breeland,<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>Cobb-Hunter, Robinson, Pinckney, Neal,<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>Miller, Cotty, Baxley and Parks <\/span><\/p>\n

Drafted Document Number:        <\/span>jic\\6194ac.97<\/span><\/p>\n

Companion Bill Number:          <\/span>948<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   <\/span>19980415<\/span><\/p>\n

Date of Last Amendment:         <\/span>19980407<\/span><\/p>\n

Governor's Action:              <\/span>U Signature of Governor not<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>required<\/span><\/p>\n

Date of Governor's Action:      <\/span>19980521<\/span><\/p>\n

Subject:                        <\/span>Marriage, provision making<\/span><\/p>\n

   <\/span>                             <\/span>marriage of blacks and whites unlawful<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>deleted; Domestic Relations,<\/span><\/p>\n

                                <\/span>Discrimination<\/span><\/p>\n

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Product of the Legislative Printing Agency-LPITR<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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History<\/span><\/p>\n

Body    <\/span>Date      <\/span>Action Description                       <\/span>Com     <\/span>Leg Involved<\/span><\/p>\n

______  <\/span>________  <\/span>_______________________________________  <\/span>_______ ____________<\/span><\/p>\n

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——  <\/span>19980521  <\/span>Signature of Governor not required<\/span><\/p>\n

——  <\/span>19980521  <\/span>Ratified R375<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980415  <\/span>Concurred in Senate amendment, <\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>enrolled for ratification<\/span><\/p>\n

Senate  <\/span>19980408  <\/span>Read third time, returned to House<\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>with amendment<\/span><\/p>\n

Senate  <\/span>19980407  <\/span>Read second time, unanimous<\/span><\/p>\n

                <\/span>  <\/span>consent for third reading on <\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>Wednesday, 19980408<\/span><\/p>\n

Senate  <\/span>19980407  <\/span>Committee amendment adopted<\/span><\/p>\n

Senate  <\/span>19980402  <\/span>Committee report: Favorable with         <\/span>11 SJ<\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>amendment<\/span><\/p>\n

Senate  <\/span>19980211  <\/span>Introduced, read first time,             <\/span>11 SJ<\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>referred to Committee<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980210  <\/span>Read third time, sent to Senate<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980210  <\/span>Request for debate withdrawn<\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>by Representative                                <\/span>Scott<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980205  <\/span>Read second time<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980203  <\/span>Debate adjourned<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980203  <\/span>Request for debate by Representative             <\/span>Harrison<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                   <\/span>Young<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                 <\/span>  <\/span>Woodrum<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                   <\/span>Scott<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                   <\/span>McGee<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                   <\/span>Barrett<\/span><\/p>\n

                         <\/span>                                          <\/span>Jordan<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                   <\/span>Howard<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                   <\/span>McMahand<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                         <\/span>          <\/span>Lee<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19980128  <\/span>Committee report: Favorable              <\/span>25 HJ<\/span><\/p>\n

House   <\/span>19970604  <\/span>Introduced, read first time,             <\/span>25 HJ<\/span><\/p>\n

                  <\/span>referred to Committee<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)<\/span><\/p>\n

(A444, R375, H4303) <\/span><\/p>\n

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 33 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO MARRIAGES OF WHITES AND NEGROES AND THE AGE OF CONSENT FOR AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION MAKING A MARRIAGE BETWEEN A WHITE AND NEGRO OR MULATTO UNLAWFUL.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: <\/span><\/p>\n

Constitutional amendment proposed removing the ban on marriage between blacks and whites<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

SECTION 1. It is proposed that Article III, Section 33 of the Constitution of this State be amended to read: <\/span><\/p>\n

"Section 33. No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen years." <\/span><\/p>\n

Question to be placed on ballot<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot: <\/span><\/p>\n

"Shall Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended by deleting the following sentence from the Constitution: <\/span><\/p>\n

'The marriage of a white person with a Negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eighth or more of Negro blood, shall be unlawful and void'. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes []<\/span><\/p>\n

No []<\/span><\/p>\n

Those voting 'Yes', to remove the ban on interracial marriages, shall place a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes'. Those voting 'No', to retain the ban on interracial marriages, shall place a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'." <\/span><\/p>\n

Ratified the 21st day of May, 1998. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Legislative Printing-LPITR@http:\/\/www.lpitr.state.sc.us<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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South Carolina Bill 4303                       Current Status   Bill Number:                    4303 Ratification Number:            375 Type of Legislation:            Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:               House Introduced Date:                19970604 Primary Sponsor:                Inabinett All Sponsors:                   Inabinett, Govan,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,57],"tags":[104,118],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","category-legislation","tag-government","tag-legislation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89tuq-s1","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/South-Carolina.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}