South Carolina H 5240: Special restricted driver's license

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2025-2026 Bill 5240 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 24, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5240

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-1-180, RELATING TO SPECIAL RESTRICTED DRIVER'S LICENSES, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THAT A MINOR WITH A SPECIAL RESTRICTED DRIVER'S LICENSE MAY NOT OPERATE 
A VEHICLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND FIVE O'CLOCK A.M. UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A 
LICENSED DRIVER.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-1-180(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (B) A special restricted driver's license 
is valid only in the operation vehicles during daylight hours. The holder of a 
special restricted driver's license must be accompanied by a licensed adult, 
twenty-one years of age or older after six o'clock p.m. or eight o'clock p.m. 
during daylight saving time. The holder of a special restricted driver's license 
may not drive between midnight and six five o'clock a.m. unless accompanied by any licensed 
individual listed in Section 56-1-100(A)(1-7). The accompanying driver must:

 (1) 
occupy a seat beside the conditional license holder when the conditional 
license holder is operating a motor vehicle; or

 (2) 
be within a safe viewing distance of the conditional license holder when the 
conditional license holder is operating a motorcycle or a moped.

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

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