South Carolina H 4507: Prohibit Mask Mandate

Bill Text

South Carolina General Assembly

124th Session, 2021-2022



H. 4507



STATUS INFORMATION



General Bill

Sponsors: Reps. Jones, Dabney, Forrest, Bustos, M.M. Smith, Bennett and McGarry

Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11262sa22.docx



Introduced in the House on January 11, 2022

Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary



Summary: Prohibit Mask Mandate





HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS



	Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number	

	11/10/2021	House	Prefiled

	11/10/2021	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary

	1/11/2022	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal‑page 39)

	1/11/2022	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal‑page 39)



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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL



11/9/2021





















A BILL



TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1‑11‑498 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, INSTITUTION, COMMISSION, BOARD, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING A SCHOOL DISTRICT, MAY REQUIRE THAT INDIVIDUALS WEAR A FACE MASK.



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



SECTION	1.	Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:



	“Section 1‑11‑498.	No state agency, department, institution, commission, board, or political subdivision, including a school district, may require that individuals wear a face mask at any of its facilities including on school buses. This prohibition extends to the announcement or enforcement of any such policy. The State Treasurer shall withhold all funding from any entity that violates this section.”



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

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