South Carolina H 4763: Gas dealers and resellers

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2025-2026 Bill 4763 Text of Previous Version (May. 14, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4763

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As Passed By The Senate

May 14, 2026

H. 4763

Introduced by Reps. Oremus, Brittain, W. Newton, 
Bailey, Bradley, Brewer, Caskey, Crawford, Duncan, Erickson, Forrest, Gagnon, 
Gatch, Gilliam, Guest, Haddon, Hardee, Hartnett, Hartz, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, 
Holman, J. E. Johnson, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Martin, McCravy, C. Mitchell, 
B. Newton, Pedalino, Pope, Robbins, Sanders, Schuessler, Sessions, G. M. Smith, 
M. M. Smith, Taylor, Teeple, Vaughan, Whitmire, Willis, Wooten, Yow, Terribile, 
White, Lastinger, Wickensimer, Atkinson, Chapman, Gibson, Cromer and Gilreath 

S. Printed 5/14/26--S.

Read the first time March 10, 2026

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT 
THE "HELPING ALLEVIATE LAWFUL OBSTRUCTION (HALO) ACT"; AND BY ADDING SECTION 
16-3-1092 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERMS "EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER", "FIRST 
RESPONDER", AND "HARASS", TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO 
APPROACH, IMPEDE, CAUSE HARM TO, OR HARASS A FIRST RESPONDER or emergency 
medical care provider AFTER RECEIVING A VERBAL WARNING, AND TO PROVIDE A 
PENALTY.

 Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction 
(HALO) Act".

SECTION 2. Article 11, Chapter 3, Title 16 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
16-3-1092. (A) For the purpose of 
this section:

 (1) 
"Emergency medical care provider" means a registered nurse, physician, 
physician assistant, medical director, and hospital volunteers that are 
providing medical care or assisting in the providing of medical care within the 
confines of a hospital's emergency department.

 (2) 
"First Responder" includes a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, an 
emergency medical technician, certified EMS worker, and a paramedic.

 (B) 
It is unlawful for a person, after receiving a verbal warning not to approach 
from a person he knows or reasonably should know is a first responder who is 
engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, to knowingly and wilfully 
violate the warning to stand a reasonable distance from the first responder 
with the intent to:

 (1) 
impede or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform his duty 
including but not limited to, obstructing a first responders' movement, 
distracting a first responder from administering medical care to another, or 
effectuating a lawful arrest; or

 (2) 
offer or attempt to cause physical harm or injury to a first responder with 
apparent present ability under circumstances reasonably creating fear of 
imminent harm or injury.

 In performance of a 
legal duty, the first responder may direct a person to stand a reasonable 
distance away, not to exceed twenty-five feet.

 (C) 
It is unlawful for a person, after receiving a verbal warning not to approach 
from a person he knows or reasonably should know is an emergency medical care 
provider providing emergency medical care specific to the emergency at hand 
within a hospital emergency department, to knowingly and wilfully violate the 
warning and approach or remain at a reasonable distance that would not allow 
safe and unencumbered treatment of the patient as determined by the hospital 
emergency department with the intent to:

 (1) 
impede or interfere with the emergency medical care provider's ability to 
perform his duty including, but not limited to, obstructing a emergency medical 
care provider's movement or distracting a emergency medical care provider from 
administering medical care to another; or

 (2) 
offer or attempt to cause physical harm or injury to an emergency medical care 
provider with apparent present ability under circumstances reasonably creating 
fear of imminent peril.

 (D) A 
person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 
and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars and 
imprisoned not more than thirty days.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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