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H. 4507
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Jones, Dabney, Forrest, Bustos, M.M. Smith, Bennett and McGarry
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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
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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
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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