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Subcommittee advances bills to add dating partners to orders of protection after debate over scope and Second Amendment concerns
Summary
S.143 and S.180, which would extend civil orders of protection to dating partners and update gendered cohabitation language, were approved favorably to the full committee after testimony from advocacy groups and the NRA and extended debate over due process and firearm-disability consequences.
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to give favorable reports to the full committee on S.143 and S.180, two related bills that would extend civil orders of protection to dating partners and correct gendered language in the code to conform with the state supreme court's 2017 Dovi v. State decision.
Sarah Barber, executive director of the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, testified in support and urged the subcommittee to grant dating partners access to orders of protection. Barber said the bills align the state's definition of "dating partner" with the Violence Against Women Act and outlined the multi-factor test the bills use: length of…
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