South Carolina H 3769: Handicapped license plates

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2025-2026 Bill 3769 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 16, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3769

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-3-1910, RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE HANDICAPPED LICENSE PLATES 
TO AUTISTIC AND NEURODIVERGENT PERSONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-1910(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (A) As used in this article, 
"handicapped" means a person who has one or more of the following conditions:

 (1) 
an inability to ordinarily walk one hundred feet nonstop without aggravating an 
existing medical condition, including the increase of pain;

 (2) 
an inability to ordinarily walk without the use of, or assistance from a brace, 
cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive 
device;

 (3) 
a restriction by lung disease to the extent that the person's forced expiratory 
volume for one second when measured by spirometry is less than one liter, or 
the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty mm/hg on room air at rest;

 (4) 
requires use of portable oxygen;

 (5) 
a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are 
classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to standards 
established by the American Heart Association. If the person's status improves 
to a higher level, for example as a result of bypass surgery or 
transplantation, he no longer meets this criteria;

 (6) 
a substantial limitation in the ability to walk due to an arthritic, 
neurological, or orthopedic condition, for example, coordination problems and 
muscle spasticity due to conditions that include Parkinson's disease, cerebral 
palsy, or multiple sclerosis; or

 (7) 
blindness; or

 (8) autism or neurodivergence.

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

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