Bill Text: SC S0130 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: COVID-19 State of Emergency
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0130 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-S0130-Introduced.html
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO DECLARE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLINES TO CONSENT TO AN EXTENSION OR RENEWAL OF THE CURRENT STATE OF EMERGENCY OR THE ISSUANCE OF ANY NEW COVID-19-RELATED STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Whereas, the Governor issued an initial state of emergency declaration on March 13, 2020, based on a determination that COVID-19 posed an imminent public health emergency for the State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, Section 25-1-440(a)(2) of the 1976 Code requires the consent of the General Assembly to extend a state of emergency declaration beyond a fifteen-day period; and
Whereas, rather than relying on the consent of the General Assembly for an extension, the Governor has issued new state of emergency declarations specifically related to COVID-19 every fifteen days since March; and
Whereas, the state of emergency declarations are having significant and long-lasting negative impacts on businesses and education around the State. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the General Assembly declines to consent to an extension or renewal of the current COVID-19-related state of emergency or the issuance of any new COVID-19-related state of emergency without the express consent of the General Assembly.