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H 4763

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Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act
About This Bill
Latest Action · Jun 25, 2026
Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-6
Session
2025-2026
Introduced
Dec 16, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Oremus· primary

Summary

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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.

Co-sponsors (55)

Brittain · primary
W. Newton · primary
Bailey · primary
Bradley · primary
Brewer · primary
Caskey · primary
Crawford · primary
Duncan · primary
Erickson · primary
Forrest · primary
Gagnon · primary
Gatch · primary
Gilliam · primary
Guest · primary
Haddon · primary
Hardee · primary
Hartnett · primary
Hartz · primary
Hewitt · primary
Hiott · primary
Hixon · primary
Holman · primary
J.E. Johnson · primary
Lawson · primary
Ligon · primary
Long · primary
Lowe · primary
Martin · primary
McCravy · primary
C. Mitchell · primary
+ 25 more

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