republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-147.md

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Bill	SC COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor Act	A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA COVID-19 LIABILITY IMMUNITY ACT" SO AS TO PROVIDE LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR A LIMITED TIME PERIOD FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESSES THAT FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO PROVIDE LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN COVERED ENTITIES AND COVERED INDIVIDUALS FOR CORONAVIRUS-RELATED CLAIMS; TO PROVIDE THAT DEFENSES ARE CUMULATIVE; AND TO PROVIDE A TIMEFRAME THAT THIS LIABILITY PROTECTION IS IN EFFECT. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 147	South Carolina S 147 (2021-2022)	joint resolution		enacted	Adams Alexander Bennett Climer Corbin Grooms Gustafson Hembree Kimbrell Loftis Martin Massey Peeler Rice Talley Turner	7	25	4	2020-12-09	2021-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/700f00ad-7170-47b0-a1a7-5ecba83e438e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=147&session=124&summary=B	65d26879040e9ac21ce061f27b3213d23c7a0396357fad402f542aae5cbf0195	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 147 (2021-2022) — SC COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor Act

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA COVID-19 LIABILITY IMMUNITY ACT" SO AS TO PROVIDE LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR A LIMITED TIME PERIOD FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESSES THAT FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO PROVIDE LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN COVERED ENTITIES AND COVERED INDIVIDUALS FOR CORONAVIRUS-RELATED CLAIMS; TO PROVIDE THAT DEFENSES ARE CUMULATIVE; AND TO PROVIDE A TIMEFRAME THAT THIS LIABILITY PROTECTION IS IN EFFECT. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/12/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/18/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/25/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/21/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to lay on the table #13 — 24–19 (pass) · upper
• to lay on the table — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 89–18 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 40–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Alexander — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Climer — primary (person)
• Corbin — primary (person)
• Grooms — primary (person)
• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Kimbrell — primary (person)
• Loftis — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)
• Peeler — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Talley — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Young, Sabb, Senn, Talley
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-12 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-02-17 Special order, set for February 17, 2021
• 2021-02-18 Committee Amendment Tabled amendment-deferral
• 2021-02-18 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-25 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-02-25 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-3
• 2021-03-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-02 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Roll call Yeas-89 Nays-18
• 2021-04-22 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2021-04-23 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Ratified R 39
• 2021-04-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-30 Effective date 04/28/21
• 2021-07-02 Act No. 99

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/700f00ad-7170-47b0-a1a7-5ecba83e438e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).