2025-2026 Regular SessionSouth Carolina Legislature

H3163: Occupational diseases

Legislative Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 42-11-30, Relating To Occupational Diseases Compensable Under Workers' Compensation And Conditions Presumed To Have Arisen Out Of And In The Course Of Employment For Firefighters, So As To Include Stroke, And To Revise Presumption Entitlement Criteria To Include Conditions Developed While Actively On Duty Instead Of Actively Engaged In Firefighting.

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Bill History

12/5/2024
Prefiled
House of Representatives
12/5/2024
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
House of Representatives
1/15/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett, Teeple
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kilmartin
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Montgomery
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey, Taylor
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Scrivener's error corrected
4/10/2025
Amended
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Read second time
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
House of Representatives
4/22/2025
Read third time and sent to Senate
House of Representatives
4/23/2025
Introduced and read first time
Senate
4/23/2025
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate

Roll Call Votes

House: Passage Of Bill
4/10/2025
103
Yea
0
Nay
9
Not Voting
11
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(4/22/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)

Documents

Amended
Bill Text4/10/202510.7 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text4/10/202521.1 KB
Amended
Bill Text4/10/202511.1 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text4/9/202517.6 KB
Introduced
Bill Text12/5/20247.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/28/2025164.7 KB