South Carolina House Bill 3062 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 8-27-05 So As To Entitle Chapter 27 The "south Carolina Whistleblower And Public Employee Protection Act"; To Amend Section 8-27-10, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Chapter, So As To Revise The Definition Of "appropriate Authority" To Include The State Inspector General; To Amend Section 8-27-20, Relating To Rewards For Reports Resulting In Savings, So As To Eliminate The Two Thousand Dollar Cap On Rewards And Provide A Procedure For Rewarding Multiple Employees Who Report The Same Abuse; And To Amend Section 8-27-30, Relating To Civil Actions Against An Employing Public Body For Retaliation Against An Employee Who Reports A Violation Of State Or Federal Law Or Regulation, So As To Remove The One-year Limitation On The Period During Which The Employee Is Protected From Adverse Employment Actions, And To Provide For Additional Remedies.

SC Whistleblower and Public Employee Protection Act

Rep. Laurie Funderburk [D]

Rep. Peter McCoy [R]

Rep. Mandy Norrell [D]

Rep. John Mccravy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-12-18	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	27	05	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	27	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	27	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	27	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3062&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3062_20181218.htm