South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 16

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Gregory, Peeler, Grooms, Campbell and Verdin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26177ab15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3396

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Workers' compensation exemptions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2014  Senate  Prefiled
   12/3/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 42)
   1/13/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 42)
   1/20/2015  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Gregory (ch), Bright, Coleman, 
                        Turner, Kimpson
   2/27/2015  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Gregory (ch), Bright, Coleman, 
                        Bennett, Shealy, Turner, Kimpson

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 42-1-378 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE COVERED BY THE LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT, OR ANY OF ITS EXTENSIONS, OR THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT IS EXEMPT FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS.

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

SECTION    1. Article 3, Chapter 1, Title 42 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 42-1-378.    This title does not apply to an employee who suffers an injury on or after July 1, 2013, for which there is jurisdiction under either the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901 et seq., and its extensions, or the Merchant Marine Act of 1020, 46 U.S.C. Section 30104 et seq. However, this title must not be construed to eliminate or diminish any right that any person or, in the case of the person's death, his personal representative, may have under either the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901 et seq., and its extensions, or the Merchant Marine Act of 1020, 46 U.S.C. Section 30104 et seq."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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