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Bill Vaccine mandates AN ACT TO DECLARE THAT THE PRACTICE OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON VACCINATION STATUS IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE IDEALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BELIEVES THAT A FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAY NOT ENACT A COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE; TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-15-80 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NEITHER THE STATE NOR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS MAY TERMINATE OR SUSPEND A FIRST RESPONDER BASED ON HIS VACCINATION STATUS; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL PREVENT AN EMPLOYER FROM ENCOURAGING OR ADMINISTERING VACCINES; TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS FOR A PRIVATE EMPLOYER'S VACCINE MANDATE; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN VACCINE EXEMPTIONS MUST BE HONORED; TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON MAY BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BASED ON VACCINATION STATUS; AND TO REENACT ACT 99 OF 2021 RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA COVID-19 LIABILITY SAFE HARBOR. - ratified title us/states/sc South Carolina General Assembly 2021-2022 H 3126 South Carolina H 3126 (2021-2022)
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Long
M.M. Smith
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Oremus
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South Carolina H 3126 (2021-2022) — Vaccine mandates

AN ACT TO DECLARE THAT THE PRACTICE OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON VACCINATION STATUS IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE IDEALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BELIEVES THAT A FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAY NOT ENACT A COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE; TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-15-80 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NEITHER THE STATE NOR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS MAY TERMINATE OR SUSPEND A FIRST RESPONDER BASED ON HIS VACCINATION STATUS; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL PREVENT AN EMPLOYER FROM ENCOURAGING OR ADMINISTERING VACCINES; TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS FOR A PRIVATE EMPLOYER'S VACCINE MANDATE; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN VACCINE EXEMPTIONS MUST BE HONORED; TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON MAY BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BASED ON VACCINATION STATUS; AND TO REENACT ACT 99 OF 2021 RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA COVID-19 LIABILITY SAFE HARBOR. - 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. 12/9/2021 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 12/9/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
  5. 3/1/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 3/17/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 3/2/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 4/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 4/6/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  10. 4/6/2022-A (committee substitute) — source
  11. 4/7/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  12. 4/7/2022-A (committee substitute) — source
  13. 4/8/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • to lay on the table — 2416 (pass) · upper
  • Divide the Question — 3566 (fail) · lower
  • Table Amendment 5 — 6829 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 6 — 7126 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 1 — 3565 (fail) · lower
  • Table Amendment 4 — 6830 (pass) · lower
  • Recede — 2080 (fail) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 2912 (pass) · upper
  • Table Amendment 3 — 6239 (pass) · lower
  • Concur in Senate Amendments — 7634 (pass) · lower
  • Table Motion to Commit to Judiciary — 6633 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Amendment 16 — 6828 (pass) · lower
  • Cloture — 6834 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 11 — 7126 (pass) · lower
  • Passage of Bill — 6025 (pass) · lower
  • to adopt — 2614 (pass) · upper
  • Table Amendment 12 — 7325 (pass) · lower
  • Passage of Bill — 6731 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 10 — 6633 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 9 — 7426 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Allison — primary (person)
  • B. Cox — primary (person)
  • Ballentine — primary (person)
  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Burns — primary (person)
  • Bustos — primary (person)
  • Chumley — primary (person)
  • Davis — primary (person)
  • Elliott — primary (person)
  • Forrest — primary (person)
  • Fry — primary (person)
  • Haddon — primary (person)
  • Hill — primary (person)
  • Hixon — primary (person)
  • Huggins — primary (person)
  • Jones — primary (person)
  • Kimmons — primary (person)
  • Long — primary (person)
  • M.M. Smith — primary (person)
  • Magnuson — primary (person)
  • McCabe — primary (person)
  • McCravy — primary (person)
  • Morgan — primary (person)
  • Murphy — primary (person)
  • Nutt — primary (person)
  • Oremus — primary (person)
  • Stringer — primary (person)
  • T. Moore — primary (person)
  • Taylor — primary (person)
  • Thayer — primary (person)
  • Trantham — primary (person)
  • V.S. Moss — primary (person)
  • Willis — primary (person)
  • Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
  • 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
  • 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
  • 2021-01-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hill
  • 2021-12-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Huggins, Wooten, Ballentine, Bustos, B.Cox, Elliott, Trantham, Willis, Nutt, Morgan, McCravy, Thayer, Dillard, V.S.Moss, Stringer, T.Moore, Allison, Hixon, Bennett
  • 2021-12-09 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Dillard
  • 2021-12-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Fry
  • 2021-12-09 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-12-09 Special order, set for immediately upon adoption of H. 4493
  • 2021-12-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kimmons, Davis, Murphy
  • 2021-12-09 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-12-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-12-09 Roll call Yeas-67 Nays-31
  • 2021-12-10 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
  • 2021-12-10 Roll call Yeas-60 Nays-25
  • 2022-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
  • 2022-03-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-02 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2022-03-17 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2022-04-05 Special order, set for April 5, 2022
  • 2022-04-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2022-04-05 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-04-06 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2022-04-06 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2022-04-06 Committee Amendment Withdrawn
  • 2022-04-06 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2022-04-06 Roll call Ayes-29 Nays-12
  • 2022-04-07 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2022-04-08 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2022-04-20 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
  • 2022-04-20 Roll call Yeas-76 Nays-34
  • 2022-04-21 Ratified R 156
  • 2022-04-25 Signed By Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-02 Effective date 04/25/22
  • 2022-05-02 Act No. 142

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1471c6e6-1c25-4762-8812-a7482952dd4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).