republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4436.md

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Bill	Emergency vehicle operators	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-1538, RELATING TO EMERGENCY SCENE MANAGEMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE DRIVERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING VEHICLE CONTROL IN CERTAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES TO AVOID INTERFERING WITH THE OPERATION OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4436	South Carolina H 4436 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Ballentine Burns Calhoon Caskey Chumley Davis Erickson Forrest Herbkersman Hiott Lawson Long M.M. Smith Mitchell Pope Robbins Taylor Wetmore Wooten Yow	5	24	3	2023-05-04	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/14568da0-e11d-49d1-b9f5-45422bc59d71	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4436&session=125&summary=B	2ddc0993a2ae7b6b7e46133108428f78d83751f5545d9017d4e9279e84512c44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4436 (2023-2024) — Emergency vehicle operators

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-1538, RELATING TO EMERGENCY SCENE MANAGEMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE DRIVERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING VEHICLE CONTROL IN CERTAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES TO AVOID INTERFERING WITH THE OPERATION OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/04/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-05-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
• 2024-01-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Hiott, Davis, Pope, Herbkersman, M.M.Smith, Robbins
• 2024-01-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lawson
• 2024-02-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Burns, Chumley
• 2024-02-28 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-03-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell, Yow
• 2024-03-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-06 Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-0
• 2024-03-07 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2024-03-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-04-25 Polled out of committee Transportation
• 2024-04-25 Committee report: Favorable Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2024-05-08 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 213
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 174

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14568da0-e11d-49d1-b9f5-45422bc59d71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).