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H5058Introduced in the House

Interference with workers providing critical services

IntroducedHouse Judiciary

Introduced by Jeffrey Johnson, District 58

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-7-10, Relating To Illegal Acts During States Of Emergency, So As To Include That Harassing Or Threatening A Worker Restoring Critical Services Is A Misdemeanor, And That Assaulting Or Endangering A Worker Restoring Critical Services Or Destroying Or Tampering With An Electric Utility System Is A Felony, And To Define Critical Services.

Where it stands

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow

March 25, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Introduced and read first time

  2. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, Duncan, Teeple, Sanders, Lawson, Whitmire

  4. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rankin

  5. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins

  6. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow

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