South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 3396

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Sandifer, Horne, Bedingfield, Hamilton, Finlay, Merrill, Whitmire, Crosby, Hardwick, Duckworth, Allison, V.S. Moss, Norman, Quinn, Limehouse, Atwater, Willis, Spires, Sottile, Herbkersman, Clemmons, Henderson, Loftis, Taylor, Murphy, Tallon, Brannon, Erickson, Toole, Wells, D.C. Moss, Corley, Ryhal, Hardee, Simrill and G.R. Smith
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 16

Introduced in the House on January 22, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on April 15, 2015
Last Amended on April 14, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Workers' Compensation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/22/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 12)
   1/22/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 12)
   2/10/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Horne, 
                        Bedingfield, Hamilton, Finlay, Merrill, Whitmire, 
                        Crosby, Hardwick, Duckworth, Allison, V.S.Moss, 
                        Norman, Quinn, Limehouse, Atwater, Willis, Spires, 
                        Sottile, Herbkersman, G.R.Smith, Clemmons, Henderson, 
                        Loftis, Taylor, McCoy, Murphy, Tallon, Brannon, 
                        Erickson, Toole, Clary, Wells, D.C.Moss
    3/3/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Corley
    3/9/2015  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: McCoy
   3/17/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ryhal, Hardee
   3/19/2015  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 3)
   3/20/2015          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/24/2015  House   Debate adjourned until Thur., 3-26-15 
                        (House Journal-page 32)
   3/26/2015  House   Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-14-15 
                        (House Journal-page 28)
   4/14/2015  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Clary
   4/14/2015  House   Amended (House Journal-page 37)
   4/14/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 37)
   4/14/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-84  Nays-24 (House Journal-page 39)
   4/15/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 5)
   4/15/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   4/15/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/22/2015
3/19/2015
3/20/2015
4/14/2015

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AMENDED

April 14, 2015

H. 3396

Introduced by Reps. Sandifer, Horne, Bedingfield, Hamilton, Finlay, Merrill, Whitmire, Crosby, Hardwick, Duckworth, Allison, V.S. Moss, Norman, Quinn, Limehouse, Atwater, Willis, Spires, Sottile, Herbkersman, Simrill, Clemmons, Henderson, Loftis, Taylor, Murphy, Tallon, Brannon, Erickson, Toole, Wells, D.C. Moss, Corley, Ryhal and Hardee

S. Printed 4/14/15--H.

Read the first time January 22, 2015.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 42-1-378 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE COVERED BY THE LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT, OR ANY OF ITS EXTENSIONS, OR THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT IS EXEMPT FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 1, Title 42 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 42-1-378.    This title does not apply to an employee who suffers an injury on or after July 1, 2016, for which there is jurisdiction under either the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901 et seq., and its extensions, or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C. Section 30104 et seq., unless the employee suffers death where there are no financial dependents or sustains a nonscheduled injury under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, or any of its extensions. However, this title must not be construed to eliminate or diminish any right that any person or, in the case of the person's death, his personal representative, may have under either the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901 et seq., and its extensions, or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C. Section 30104 et seq."

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

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