South Carolina H 3325: Dead body transfers between funeral service providers

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2025-2026 Bill 3325 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3325

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 
2 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TIME KNOWN AS EASTERN 
STANDARD TIME IS ADVANCED BY ONE HOUR BEGINNING AT 2:00 A.M. ON THE SECOND 
SUNDAY OF MARCH OF 2025, AND BEGINNING ON THIS DATE AND TIME AND THEREAFTER 
PERMANENTLY BECOMES STANDARD TIME IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH NO FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS 
UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, AND BY PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURAL AND RELATED 
PROVISIONS TO GIVE THE ABOVE PROVISIONS EFFECT INCLUDING HAVING THE STATE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBMIT A WAIVER REQUEST TO THE FEDERAL SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION PERMITTING AND APPROVING THESE PROVISIONS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO 
TAKE EFFECT.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 1 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

Article 2

Standard Time for South Carolina

 Section 
1-1-40. The time known as Eastern Standard Time in South Carolina under the 
provisions of 15 U.S.C. Section 260a through 264 is advanced by one hour 
beginning at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of 2025, and beginning on this date and time and thereafter 
permanently becomes standard time in South Carolina with no further adjustments 
under state or federal law.

 Section 
1-1-50. The General Assembly acknowledges and takes notice under the 
provisions of 15 U.S.C. Section 260a(b) that states are preempted from changing 
or advancing time contrary to federal law. However, the provisions of this 
section incorporate the advancement of time under federal law during certain 
parts of the year commonly known as Daylight Saving Time into what will be 
standard time in South Carolina permanently. Additionally, because the State of 
South Carolina lies wholly within one time zone and under 15 U.S.C. 260a(a), 
South Carolina, by state law, may choose to exempt itself from Daylight Saving 
Time, by implication, is consequently entitled by state law to advance time in 
other circumstances since the exact time in all states in the Eastern and other 
time zones is not required to be uniform under federal law.

 Section 
1-1-60. The Attorney General of South Carolina on the effective date of this 
article, shall request a waiver from the United States Secretary of 
Transportation who, under 15 U.S.C. 260a(c), is charged with enforcing the 
provisions of 15 U.S.C. 260a in order to permit and approve South Carolina's 
extension of the one-hour advancement of time to a year-round basis. If the 
waiver is not granted, the provisions of this article become null and void ten 
days after the Secretary of State is notified by the Attorney General that the 
waiver could not be obtained.

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

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