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2025-2026 Bill 4768 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4768

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-3-1960, RELATING TO the issuance of TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT PARKING 
PLACARDS, so as to provide that placards may be issued to expectant mothers.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-1960 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
56-3-1960. (A)(1) A person who is "handicapped" as defined in Section 
56-3-1910 may apply to the department for issuance of a temporary or permanent 
placard. A person may be issued a temporary placard if the condition causing 
his handicap is expected to last for at least four months.

 (2) An 
expectant mother, defined as a woman who is pregnant as certified by a licensed 
healthcare physician, may apply to the department for issuance of a temporary 
placard. The placard shall automatically expire three hundred sixty-five days 
after the date of issuance for an expectant mother. At the time of issuance, 
the expectant mother must be a minimum of fourteen weeks pregnant. The placard 
shall remain valid for a full three hundred sixty-five days regardless of 
changes in the applicant's pregnancy status including, but not limited to, bed 
rest, miscarriage, or premature birth. Expectant mother applicants are not 
required to notify the department of any changes in pregnancy status after 
issuance. Placards may be issued to an applicant for subsequent pregnancies without 
restriction.

 (3) No applicant may be denied 
a placard if the applicant follows the procedures established by the department 
and if the application is accompanied by either a 
certificate from a licensed physician that certifies that the individual is 
handicapped and whether the handicap is temporary or permanent or a certificate from a licensed physician that certifies that 
the individual is at least fourteen weeks pregnant. The placards must 
indicate that the person is qualified to use reserved handicapped parking spaces. 
Applications for placards must be processed through and issued by the 
department's headquarters. Only one placard may be issued to an applicant. The 
certification procedure shall adhere to the requirements set forth in Section 
56-3-1910. In conjunction with the issuance of a placard, applicants also must 
be issued a placard registration certificate that must be carried at all times 
in the vehicle driven by or transporting the handicapped or 
pregnant individual. The certificate will display the name of the 
individual to which the placard was issued. A placard only can be displayed on 
a vehicle driven by or transporting the disabled or 
pregnant individual whose name appears on the placard registration 
certificate. The department shall charge a fee of one dollar for a placard. An 
agency, organization, or facility that transports a disabled, or handicapped, or pregnant person may receive a placard for each 
vehicle registered upon proper application and the payment of the appropriate 
fees.

 (B) 
The placards authorized by this section also may be issued for a vehicle of 
special design and equipment designed to transport a disabled or pregnant person who is certified as meeting the 
requirements of this section for a vehicle used by an agency, organization, or 
facility that is designed to transport a handicapped, 
or disabled, or pregnant 
person if the vehicle is titled in the name of the agency, organization, or 
facility. Proof that the agency, organization, or facility transports a 
handicapped, or 
disabled, or pregnant person must be in a manner 
prescribed by the department. A certificate from a licensed physician is not 
required to apply for placards issued to an agency, organization, or facility. 
At the time of qualification, applicants qualifying for a placard under this 
section also must be issued a placard registration certificate that must be 
carried at all times in the vehicle transporting handicapped, or disabled, or pregnant individuals. The certificate will display 
the name of the agency, organization, or facility to which the placard was 
issued.

 (C) 
The placards shall conform to specifications set forth in the standards 
established for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The design 
must incorporate a means for hanging the placard from a vehicle windshield 
rearview mirror, and:

 (1) 
contain the International Symbol of Access;

 (2) 
be color coded to reflect user status in the following manner:

 (a) 
dark blue-permanently disabled; and

 (b) 
red-temporarily disabled or pregnant.

 (D) 
Blue and red placards shall contain the qualified user's photograph. The 
photograph must be taken f