republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4249.md

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Bill	Emergency Scene Management	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-1538, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS OF EMERGENCY SCENE MANAGEMENT, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, PROVIDE DRIVERS SHALL ENSURE THEIR VEHICLES ARE KEPT UNDER CONTROL WHEN APPROACHING OR PASSING OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES STOPPED ON OR NEAR THE RIGHTS OF WAY OF STREETS OR HIGHWAYS, TO PROVIDE PERSONS DRIVING VEHICLES APPROACHING OTHER STATIONARY VEHICLES DISPLAYING FLASHING HAZARD LIGHTS SHALL REDUCE THEIR SPEED, YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND MAINTAIN SAFE SPEEDS WHEN CHANGING LANES IS UNSAFE, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4249	South Carolina H 4249 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Erickson	4	16	2	2025-03-27	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5b4a0002-fad1-4695-bf33-8a41e403c240	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4249&session=126&summary=B	c927ab158269cc71b4f9fdc4fece2b1dd256c4ba8290e1d7d6c4a624af1817e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4249 (2025-2026) — Emergency Scene Management

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-1538, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS OF EMERGENCY SCENE MANAGEMENT, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, PROVIDE DRIVERS SHALL ENSURE THEIR VEHICLES ARE KEPT UNDER CONTROL WHEN APPROACHING OR PASSING OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES STOPPED ON OR NEAR THE RIGHTS OF WAY OF STREETS OR HIGHWAYS, TO PROVIDE PERSONS DRIVING VEHICLES APPROACHING OTHER STATIONARY VEHICLES DISPLAYING FLASHING HAZARD LIGHTS SHALL REDUCE THEIR SPEED, YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND MAINTAIN SAFE SPEEDS WHEN CHANGING LANES IS UNSAFE, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Erickson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-29 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2025-04-30 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-30 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-04-15 Committee report: Favorable Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-04-30 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 193
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 147

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b4a0002-fad1-4695-bf33-8a41e403c240. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).