South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024
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S. 229
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Senn
Document Path: SR-0008JG23.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/2022 | Senate | Prefiled |
| 11/30/2022 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 1/10/2023 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 118) |
| 1/10/2023 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 118) |
| 2/8/2023 | Scrivener's error corrected |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
A bill
to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Section 32-2-20 so as to provide that Indemnification agreements in contracts with government entities are against public policy and unenforceable.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Title 32 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:
Section 32-2-20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any portion of a contract or agreement that effectively creates or imposes an obligation on behalf of any government entity to hold harmless, save harmless, indemnify, or defend a contractor from acts or omissions of either the government entity or the contractor is against public policy and unenforceable. The provisions of this section shall not affect any insurance contract or workers' compensation agreements.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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