South Carolina House Bill 3556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-26 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jones
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 25-1-440, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Powers And Duties Of The Governor During A Declared Emergency, So As To Provide That A Declared State Of Emergency For A Public Health Emergency Shall Not Continue For A Period Of More Than Thirty Days Without The Passage Of A Joint Resolution By The General Assembly Expressly Approving The Declaration's Continuation, To Provide That Upon The Expiration Of The Governor's Original Emergency Declaration, He May Not Declare A New State Of Emergency Based Upon The Same Or Substantially Similar Facts And Circumstances As The Original Declaration Without The Passage Of A Joint Resolution By The General Assembly Expressly Approving The New Emergency Declaration, To Require The Governor To Submit A Report To The General Assembly Before Continuing A Declared State Of Emergency Or Declaring A New State Of Emergency Based Upon The Same Or Substantially Similar Facts And Circumstances As The Original Declaration, And To Define Relevant Terms.

State of emergency

Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]
Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Stewart Jones [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jones
2021-01-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Haddon
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-16	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	1	440	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3556&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3556_20201216.htm