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Ex. SC-063Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01)Statewide mandate requiring masks or facial coverings in every county and municipal courthouseChief Justice Donald W. BeattySouth CarolinaCourtJuly 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-054Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01)Trial-court order in force through Q3 2021: masks per the July 30, 2020 order, six-foot distancing, 113 square feet per person, fever…Supreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtJune 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-045Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB, Provisos 1.108 (SDE: Mask Mandate Prohibition) and 117.190 (GP: Masks at Higher Education Facilities)Budget provisos prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to require masks in K-12 education facilities and to condition unmasked presence…General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021)South CarolinaStateJune 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-089Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban)South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.)South CarolinaStateJune 22, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-055Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (extension) (2021-07-30-01)Extension of the June 15, 2021 trial-court order to August 31, 2021Supreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-058Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)Emergency order requiring facial coverings in all buildings at public and private schools and daycares within the CityMayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City CouncilCity of Columbia, South CarolinaCityAug. 4, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-059Ordinance No. 2021-069, Ratifying Ordinance 2021-068 Declaring State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)Council ratification of the Mayor's school and daycare facial-covering emergency orderColumbia City CouncilCity of Columbia, South CarolinaCityAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-040Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution of higher learningSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SC-041Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021)Proviso 1.108 upheld; Columbia Ordinances 2021-068 and 2021-069 declared void insofar as they mandate masks in K-12 public schoolsSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtSept. 2, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SC-060Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to COVID-19Re-enactment of mask ordinances (including K-12 schools) after Wilson v. City of ColumbiaColumbia City CouncilCity of Columbia, South CarolinaCitySept. 8, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-061Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Masks to Help Alleviate the Spread of COVID 19, Specifically the Recent Surge in the Delta VariantMasks in every commercial establishment in unincorporated Richland County and in schools and daycaresRichland County CouncilRichland County, South Carolina (unincorporated areas)CountySept. 14, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-042Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063, 862 S.E.2d 920 (S.C. 2021)Provisos 1.108 and 1.103 held constitutional; proviso bars funded mask mandates but not mandates funded solely from federal or local fundsSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read

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