South Carolina House Bill 5488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 18)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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 Shall Not Continue For A Period Of More Than Fifteen 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.

Governor's powers; declared emergency; provide General Assembly must authorize state of emergency past 15 days

Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]	Rep. William Chumley [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]
Rep. Adam Morgan [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]
Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Garry Smith [R]	Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. Ashley Trantham [R]
Rep. Bobby Cox [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]	Rep. Kevin Hardee [R]	Rep. Stewart Jones [R]
Rep. Merita Allison [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-05-12	House	Introduced and read first time

S1200 (Similar To) 2020-09-22 - Referred to Subcommittee: Massey (ch), Hutto, Campsen, Shealy, M.B.Matthews, Cash, Harpootlian
S1203 (Similar To) 2020-09-22 - Referred to Subcommittee: Massey (ch), Hutto, Campsen, Shealy, M.B.Matthews, Cash, Harpootlian
S1213 (Similar To) 2020-09-22 - Referred to Subcommittee: Massey (ch), Hutto, Campsen, Shealy, M.B.Matthews, Cash, Harpootlian

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=5488&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5488_20200512.htm