2023-2024 Regular Session • South Carolina Legislature
H5157: Human Embryos
Legislative Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-100 So As To Provide That Fertilized Human Eggs Or Human Embryos That Exist In Any Form Outside Of The Uterus Of A Human Body Are Not Considered An Unborn Child Or Other Term Connoting A Human Being For Any Purpose Under State Law.
Bill History
2/27/2024
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
2/27/2024
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House of Representatives
2/29/2024
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thigpen
House of Representatives
3/5/2024
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wetmore
House of Representatives
3/6/2024
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/27/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Judiciary(House of Representatives)
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 16
Republican: 3
Primary Sponsor
Kambrell Garvin
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (18)
Beth Bernstein
Democrat
Wendell Gilliard
Democrat
Gil Gatch
Republican
Jermaine Johnson
Democrat
Gary Brewer
Republican
Michael Rivers
Democrat
Chandra Dillard
Democrat
Jerry Carter
Republican
John King
Democrat
Heather Bauer
Democrat
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Democrat
Patricia Henegan
Democrat
Wendell Jones
Democrat
Seth Rose
Democrat
Leonidas Stavrinakis
Democrat
Ivory Thigpen
Democrat
Elizabeth Wetmore
Democrat
Rosalyn Henderson-Myers
Democrat