South Carolina Senate Bill 355 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "bedbug Prevention And Sanitation Act", To Provide Definitions, To Require The Department Of Health And Environmental Control To Approve Bedbug Sanitation Apparatuses, To Require The Tagging Of Certain Bedding Materials And To Provide Tagging Procedures, To Provide That Materials Used In The Manufacture Of Bedding Must Be Free Of Toxins And Made From New Materials, To Require Segregation Of Unsanitized Bedding Materials From New Bedding Materials, To Prohibit The Alteration Of Bedding Tags, To Provide That The Sale Of Bedding Material Only May Be Made Under Certain Conditions And To Provide Exceptions, To Require Manufacturers Or Sanitizers Of Bedding Materials To Obtain Licensure By The Department Of Health And Environmental Control, To Provide A Fee Schedule For Licensure And License Application Requirements, To Establish A Bedding Law Account Into Which Fees Must Be Deposited And To Provide Purposes For Which These Fees May Be Expended, To Provide For Enforcement Of This Chapter By The Department, To Exempt Certain Nonprofit And State Agencies From The Provisions Of This Chapter, And To Require The Department To Adopt Rules And Promulgate Regulations Necessary To Effectuate The Provisions Of This Chapter.

Bedbug Prevention and Sanitation Act

Sen. Glenn Reese [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-13		Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2011-01-13		Introduced and read first time

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0355&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/355_20110113.htm