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South Carolina 2025-2026

H 4763

Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Session
2025-2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2025-12-16 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "HELPING ALLEVIATE LAWFUL OBSTRUCTION (HALO) ACT"; AND BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-1092 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERMS "EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER", "FIRST RESPONDER", AND "HARASS", TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO APPROACH, IMPEDE, CAUSE HARM TO, OR HARASS A FIRST RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER AFTER RECEIVING A VERBAL WARNING, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-6

  2. Free conference report received and adopted

  3. Free conference committee appointed Adams, Kimbrell, Walker

  4. Free conference powers granted

  5. Free conference powers rejected

  6. Roll call Yeas-82 Nays-16

  7. Free conference powers rejected

  8. Conference committee appointed Adams, Kimbrell, Walker

  9. House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Brittain, W Newton, Bernstein

  10. Roll call Yeas-13 Nays-91

  11. Non-concurrence in Senate amendment

  12. Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0

  13. Read third time and returned to House with amendments

    passage, reading-3
  14. Amended

    amendment-passage
  15. Roll call Ayes-34 Nays-0

  16. Read second time

    reading-2
  17. Amended

    amendment-passage
  18. Committee Amendment Adopted

    amendment-passage
  19. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

    committee-passage-favorable
  20. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee
  21. Introduced and read first time

    introduction, reading-1
  22. Read third time and sent to Senate

    passage, reading-3
  23. Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-18

  24. Read second time

    reading-2
  25. Amended

    amendment-passage
  26. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath

  27. Requests for debate-Rep(s). B. Newton, Hewitt, Harris, Martin, T. Moore, Lawson, Duncan, King, Luck, Hosey, Caskey, and Guest

  28. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson

  29. Scrivener's error corrected

  30. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Chapman

  31. Committee report: Favorable Judiciary

    committee-passage-favorable
  32. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wickensimer

  33. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger

  34. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White

  35. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee
  36. Introduced and read first time

    introduction, reading-1
  37. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee
  38. Prefiled

    filing

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