South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 3387

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Magnuson, Burns, Jones, Morgan, Chumley, May, Haddon, McCabe and B. Cox
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11101dg21.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: State of Emergency

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 178)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 178)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 25-1-440, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A STATE OF EMERGENCY, SO AS PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR MAY NOT DECLARE A NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY WHICH HAS THE EFFECT OF EXTENDING ANOTHER DECLARATION, NOR MAY THE GOVERNOR DECLARE A NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE SAME UNDERLYING DISASTER BECAUSE OF CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES OR A CHANGE IN THE DEGREE OF IMPACT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 25-1-440(a)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(2) declare a state of emergency for all or part of the State if he finds a disaster or a public health emergency, as defined in Section 44-4-130, has occurred, or that the threat thereof is imminent and extraordinary measures are considered necessary to cope with the existing or anticipated situation. A declared state of emergency shall not continue for a period of more than fifteen days without the express consent of the General Assembly. If the General Assembly does not expressly consent, the Governor may not declare a new state of emergency which has the effect of extending the original declaration, nor may the Governor declare a new state of emergency for the same underlying disaster because of changed circumstances or a change in the degree of impact;"

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

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