South Carolina H 3163: Ban the Box

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2025-2026 Bill 3163 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 29, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3163

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Committee Report

April 29, 2026

H. 3163

Introduced by Reps. M. M. Smith, Lawson, 
Pope, Spann-Wilder, McCravy, Hartnett, Teeple, Kilmartin, Montgomery, Sanders, 
Bauer, Guffey, Taylor and W. Newton 

S. Printed 4/29/26--S.

Read the first time April 23, 2025

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The committee on Senate 
Judiciary

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 3163) to 
amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 42-11-30, relating to 
occupational diseases compensable under workers' compensation and conditions 
presumed, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully 
considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

LUKE RANKIN for 
Committee.

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY 
AMENDING SECTION 42-11-30, RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES compensable under 
workers' compensation AND CONDITIONS PRESUMED TO HAVE ARISEN OUT OF AND IN THE 
COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS, SO AS TO INCLUDE STROKE, AND TO REVISE presumption 
entitlement criteria TO INCLUDE CONDITIONS DEVELOPED WHILE ACTIVELY ON DUTY 
INSTEAD OF ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN firefighting.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 
1. Section 42-11-30(A) of the S.C. Code is amended 
to read:

 (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of 
this chapter, for purposes of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law, any 
impairment or injury to the health of a firefighter caused by heart disease, stroke, or respiratory disease resulting in total or 
partial disability or death is presumed to have arisen out of and in the course 
of employment, unless the contrary is shown by competent evidence, if the 
firefighter is at the time of such impairment or injury a bona fide member of a 
municipal, county, state, port authority, or fire control district fire 
department in this State. In order to be entitled to the presumption provided 
for in this section, any person becoming a member of a fire department after 
May 29, 1968, must be under the age of thirty-seven years and must have 
successfully passed a physical examination by a competent physician upon 
entering into such service or by July 1, 2012, a written report of which must 
have been made and filed before any alleged injury with the fire department, 
which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition or 
conditions, and the condition or conditions developed while actively engaged in 
fighting a fire, a technical rescue incident, or a 
firefighter training exercise that involves stressful or strenuous physical 
activity, or within twenty-four hours thereof or 
within twenty-four hours from the date of last service in the activity. This presumption does not apply to clerical, administrative, or 
sedentary activities.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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