South Carolina House Joint Resolution 5527 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-2)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-15 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Blackwell
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provide Liability Protections For A Limited Time Period For Health Care Providers And Businesses That Follow Public Health Guidance In Response To The Coronavirus Public Health Emergency; To State The Purposes Of This Joint Resolution To Protect Against Liability For Businesses During The Coronavirus Public Health Emergency; To Provide Definitions For Covered Entity, Covered Individual, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Claim, And Public Health Guidance; To State The Liability Protection For Covered Entities And Covered Individuals For Coronavirus Claims; To State That Defenses Are Cumulative; To Provide That The Provisions Of This Joint Resolution Are Severable; To Provide That In The Case Of A Conflict Of Law Between This Joint Resolution Any Other Law Of This State, The Provisions Of This Joint Resolution Shall Prevail, And To Provide For The Effective Date Of The Joint Resolution To Be Upon Approval By The Governor And For Its Provisions To Be Retroactive And Effective As Of March 13, 2020, The Date Upon Which The Governor Declared A Public Health Emergency Relating To Coronavirus.

Liability Safe Harbor Act

Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]	Rep. Wallace Jordan [R]
Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]	Rep. Justin Bamberg [D]	Rep. Russell Ott [D]	Rep. Jason Elliott [R]
Rep. Bobby Cox [R]	Rep. William Bailey [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Timothy McGinnis [R]
Rep. Heather Crawford [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]	Rep. Edward Tallon [R]	Rep. John West [R]
Rep. Bart Blackwell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Blackwell
2020-06-24	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-06-24	House	Introduced and read first time

S1259 (Similar To) 2020-09-18 - Referred to Subcommittee: Goldfinch (ch), McElveen, Turner, Young, Kimpson, M.B.Matthews

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5527&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5527_20200624.htm