H 3357 {Rat #127, Act #125 of 2020} General Bill, By Wooten, Collins, Brawley, 
Huggins, Taylor, Hixon and Gilliard

Similar(S 294, H 4391)
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 56-3-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ADD A
 NOTATION TO A PRIVATE PASSENGER-CARRYING MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TO
 INDICATE THE VEHICLE OWNER MAY BE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. - ratified title
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   12/18/18  House  Prefiled
   12/18/18  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   01/08/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 209)
   01/08/19  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 209)
   01/23/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins
   02/13/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley
   02/19/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins
   02/21/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
   03/06/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
   03/07/19  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 47)
   03/19/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
   03/19/19  House  Amended (House Journal-page 13)
   03/19/19  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 13)
   03/19/19  House  Roll call Yeas-83  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 14)
   03/20/19  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 17)
   03/20/19  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   03/20/19  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 8)
   04/24/19  Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 10)
   05/07/19  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 41)
   05/07/19  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 41)
   05/07/19  Senate Roll call Ayes-45  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 41)
   05/08/19         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/08/19  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 59)
   05/09/19  House  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
                     (House Journal-page 76)
   05/09/19  House  Roll call Yeas-0  Nays-109 (House Journal-page 76)
   05/09/19  Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed  Campbell, Johnson, Climer
                     (Senate Journal-page 49)
   01/22/20  House  Conference committee appointed  Wooten, Long,
                     Brawley (House Journal-page 1)
   02/05/20  House  Conference report received and adopted
                     (House Journal-page 23)
   02/05/20  House  Roll call Yeas-110  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 24)
   02/05/20  Senate Conference report received and adopted
                     (Senate Journal-page 51)
   02/05/20  Senate Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 51)
   02/06/20  House  Ordered enrolled for ratification
                     (House Journal-page 2)
   03/19/20         Ratified R  127
   03/24/20         Signed By Governor
   03/26/20         Effective date  03/24/21
   03/26/20         Act No.  125

(A125, R127, H3357)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ADD A NOTATION TO A PRIVATE PASSENGER-CARRYING MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TO INDICATE THE VEHICLE OWNER MAY BE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Deaf or hard of hearing notation added to a motor vehicle registration

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-3-115.    The Department of Motor Vehicles may add a notation to a private passenger-carrying motor vehicle registration to indicate that the driver may be deaf or hard of hearing. The application for this special motor vehicle registration notation must include an original certificate from a licensed physician, as defined in Section 40-47-5, or licensed audiologist, as defined in Section 40-67-220, that certifies that the applicant has a permanent, uncorrectable hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or both ears. The 'deaf or hard of hearing' notation would only appear when a law enforcement check is run on the vehicle's license plate through the department's online interface with law enforcement to alert the officer that the driver may be deaf or hard of hearing."

Time effective

SECTION    2. This act takes effect one year after approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 19th day of March, 2020.

Approved the 24th day of March, 2020.