South Carolina House Joint Resolution 3698 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 40-6)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-10 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 State The Purposes Of This Joint Resolution To Protect Against Liability For Businesses During The Coronavirus Public Health Emergency; To Provide Definitions For Covered Entity, Covered Individual, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Claim, And Public Health Guidance; To State The Liability Protection For Covered Entities And Covered Individuals For Coronavirus Claims; To State That Defenses Are Cumulative; To Provide That The Provisions Of This Joint Resolution Are Severable; To Provide That In The Case Of A Conflict Of Law Between This Joint Resolution Any Other Law Of This State, The Provisions Of This Joint Resolution Shall Prevail, And To Provide For The Effective Date Of The Joint Resolution To Be Upon Approval By The Governor And For Its Provisions To Be Retroactive And Effective As Of March 13, 2020, The Date Upon Which The Governor Declared A Public Health Emergency Relating To Coronavirus.

Liability protection

Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Jason Elliott [R]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]	Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]
Rep. Russell Ott [D]	Rep. David Weeks [D]	Rep. Justin Bamberg [D]	Rep. Merita Allison [R]
Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Nathan Ballentine [R]	Rep. Bart Blackwell [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]
Rep. Bruce Bryant [R]	Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]
Rep. Cally Forrest [R]	Rep. Craig Gagnon [R]	Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]
Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]	Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. Max Hyde [R]
Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]	Rep. Stewart Jones [R]	Rep. Wallace Jordan [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]
Rep. Richard Martin [R]	Rep. Robert May [R]	Rep. Sandy McGarry [R]	Rep. Travis Moore [R]
Rep. Dennis Moss [R]	Rep. Chardale Murray [D]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Roger Nutt [R]
Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. William Sandifer [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]	Rep. Anne Thayer [R]
Rep. John West [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]	Rep. Raye Felder [R]
Rep. Brandon Newton [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-10	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
2021-02-09	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton
2021-02-02	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
2021-01-27	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
2021-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-14	House	Introduced and read first time

H3597 (Similar To) 2021-02-10 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
S0147 (Similar To) 2021-07-02 - Act No. 99

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3698&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3698_20210114.htm