South Carolina H 3175: Assault and battery on health care workers

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2025-2026 Bill 3175 Text of Previous Version (May. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3175

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As Passed By The Senate

May 1, 2025

H. 3175

Introduced 
by Reps. Collins, Mitchell, Forrest and Calhoon 

S. Printed 5/1/25--S. [SEC 
5/5/2025 3:50 PM]

Read the first time April 23, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-3-1230, RELATING TO SPECIFICATIONS OF LICENSE PLATES, THE PERIODIC 
ISSUANCE OF NEW PLATES, AND THE ISSUANCE OF REVALIDATION STICKERS, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ISSUE LICENSE PLATES 
COMMEMORATING THE TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Whereas, on June 28, 
1776, days before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, South 
Carolinians valiantly defended Charleston from imminent capture by the British, 
thereby slowing the British advance through the South; and

Whereas, Colonel William 
Moultrie commanded men such as William Jasper, a volunteer who hoisted the 
South Carolina flag, an indigo blue with a silver crescent in the upper-left 
hand corner, in the heat of battle at Sullivan's Island; and

Whereas, the triumph of 
the patriots at Sullivan's Island, due in part to the fort's spongy palmetto 
logs that repelled the cannonballs of the enemy, delayed the fall of Charleston 
into British captivity until 1780, four years later; and

Whereas, the State of South Carolina is indebted to 
war heroes such as Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens, Daniel Morgan, Frederick 
Hambright, Peter Horry, James Williams, William Thompson, and Francis Marion, 
also known as the "Swamp Fox"; and

Whereas, during the Revolutionary War, South 
Carolina witnessed more than two hundred skirmishes and battles, including 
battles at Stono Ferry, Eutaw Springs, Parker's Ferry, Fort Motte, as well as 
backcountry victories at Williamson's Plantation, Cedar Springs, Cowpens, 
Hammond's Store, Blackstock's Farm, King's Mountain, Earle's Ford, Flat Rock, 
Thicketty Fort, Hanging Rock, and more; and

Whereas, renowned 
historian Walter Edgar stated that "the American Revolution was won in the 
backcountry of South Carolina." Now, therefore,

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-1230 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
56-3-1230. (A) License plates must 
be at least six inches wide and not less than twelve inches in length and must 
show in bold characters the year of registration, the serial number, the full 
name or the abbreviation of the name of the state, and other distinctive markings 
the department may consider advisable to indicate the class of the weight of 
the vehicle for which the license plate was issued. The plate must be of a 
strength and quality to provide a minimum service of five years. A new license 
plate including personalized and special plates, but excluding license plates 
provided in Sections 56-3-660 and 56-3-670, must be provided by the department 
at intervals the department considers appropriate, but at least every ten 
years. A new license plate for vehicles contained in Sections 56-3-660 and 
56-3-670, must be provided by the department at intervals the department 
considers appropriate. Beginning with the vehicle registration and license fees 
required by this title which are collected after July 1, 2002, except for the 
fees collected pursuant to Sections 56-3-660 and 56-3-670, two dollars of each 
biennial fee and one dollar of each annual fee collected from the vehicle owner 
must be placed by the Comptroller General in a special restricted account to be 
used solely by the Department of Motor Vehicles for the costs associated with 
the production and issuance of new license plates. The department is not 
authorized to use this set aside money for any other purpose. License plates 
issued for vehicles in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds must be issued 
biennially, and no revalidation sticker may be issued for the plates. License 
plates issued as permanent may be revalidated and replaced at intervals 
determined by the department.

 (B) 
The face of the license plate must be treated completely with a retroreflective 
material which increases the nighttime visibility and legibility of the plate. 
The department shall prepare the specifications for the retroreflective 
material. In those years in which a metal plate is not issued, a revalidation 
sticker with a distinctive serial number or other suitable means prescribed by 
the department must be issued and affixed in the space provided on the license 
plate assigned to the vehicle upon payment of the fee prescribed for 
registration and licensing, including fees for personalized or special