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South Carolina

The States

South Carolina

Name: South Carolina: governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The South Carolina file holds 65 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 62 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 98 records in the Library resolve to South Carolina in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code SCFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 18, 2020 Ex. SC-003End of general restrictions Mar. 5, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 14Primary source read 61 Confirmed from a secondary source 4

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The record in brief

South Carolina's regime was a governor-driven, fifteen-day emergency chain (S.C. Code § 25-1-440 limits each declaration to fifteen days), renewed twenty-nine times from March 13, 2020 (EO 2020-08) to May 22, 2021 (EO 2021-25), with a separate, independently dated body of Supreme Court administrative orders and, in 2021, legislative provisos that displaced local orders. 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up): EO 2020-08 (Mar. 13) declared the emergency, vested DHEC with the Emergency Health Powers Act and directed it to restrict nursing-home and assisted-living visitation; EO 2020-09 (Mar. 15) closed every public school, college and technical college from March 16; EO 2020-10 (Mar. 17) suspended all dine-in restaurant service from March 18 and barred gatherings of fifty or more at publicly owned facilities; EO 2020-11 (Mar. 19) ordered all non-essential State employees not to report to work in person from March 20 'until further notice' and required telecommuting 'to the maximum extent possible'; EO 2020-13 (Mar. 23) authorized every law enforcement officer to disperse gatherings of three or more persons; EO 2020-14 (Mar. 27) imposed a fourteen-day quarantine on arrivals from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Orleans; EO 2020-16 (Mar. 30) closed beaches and boat landings; EO 2020-17 (Mar. 31, eff. Apr. 1, 5:00 p.m.) closed entertainment venues, gyms, pools, spectator and close-contact sports and every close-contact service; EO 2020-18 (Apr. 3, eff. Apr. 6, 5:00 p.m.) closed furniture, clothing, jewelry, department, sporting-goods, book, craft and music stores, flea markets and florists; EO 2020-19 (Apr. 3) barred hotels and short-term rentals from taking bookings from high-transmission areas; EO 2020-21 (Apr. 6, eff. Apr. 7, 5:00 p.m.), the 'Home or Work Order,' required every resident and visitor to 'limit their movements outside of their home' except for Essential Business, Essential Activities or Critical Infrastructure Operations, and capped every open retailer at five customers per 1,000 square feet or twenty percent of fire-marshal occupancy. The Supreme Court suspended all jury trials (Apr. 3) and stayed evictions and foreclosures statewide (Mar. 18) until May 15, 2020. Reopening ran in steps: retail at the 20 percent cap (Apr. 20), Home or Work converted to an urging and outdoor dining (May 4), limited indoor dining (May 11), gyms, pools and close-contact services (May 18), attractions and close-contact sports (May 22), the retail cap and the public-facility gathering cap deleted and bowling alleys reopened (June 11). Schools stayed closed for the balance of the year and colleges remote (EO 2020-40 § 2). 2020 Q3: the July 11 alcohol curfew (no on-premises sale or consumption 11:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.; EO 2020-45); the July 30 courthouse mask mandate; and the August 2 consolidated order (EO 2020-50, eff. Aug. 3, 5:00 p.m.) that made restaurant guidance mandatory (masks for employees and patrons, 50 percent indoor capacity, eight per table, six-foot spacing, no bar congregating), capped every 'Gathering' (festivals, concerts, theaters, stadiums, arenas, auditoriums, event venues, dance halls, nightclubs, performing-arts centers, racetracks and similar venues) at 50 percent or 250 persons, whichever is less, with masks and Department of Commerce approval for exceptions, required masks in State buildings, and continued the State-employee telework directive. The Department of Education required face coverings on buses and in every public school building from August 3, 2020 for the 2020-21 year. 2020 Q4: EO 2020-63 (Oct. 2) lifted the restaurant capacity cap but kept the restaurant mask mandate, the gathering cap and the alcohol curfew; EO 2020-73 (Nov. 25) re-enacted them; the winter re-tightening came from the courts (jury trials halted after Dec. 4; all in-person proceedings suspended from Jan. 11, 2021). 2021 Q1: EO 2021-11 (Mar. 1) rescinded the alcohol curfew and converted the gathering cap to guidelines; EO 2021-12 (Mar. 5) converted the restaurant and State-building mask mandates to guidelines and ordered agencies to plan the full-time return of non-essential employees; the courts resumed in-person proceedings March 15 and jury trials April 5. 2021 Q2: Act 102 (Apr. 22) compelled five-day in-person instruction; EO 2021-23 (May 11) declared every local general-public mask mandate resting on the emergency 'invalid and preempted,' barred vaccine passports and created a school-mask opt-out; the emergency expired with EO 2021-25 on June 6-7, 2021; Act 94's Provisos 1.108 and 117.190 (eff. July 1) barred school and college mask mandates funded by the appropriation. 2021 Q3: no gubernatorial order was in force; what bound employers was the Supreme Court's trial-court order as amended June 15 (extended July 30 to Aug. 31; revised Aug. 27) with the courthouse mask and distancing rules, the DHEC School and Childcare Exclusion List for 2021-22 (rev. Aug. 24), Provisos 1.108 and 117.190, Act 102, the City of Columbia's school and daycare mask ordinances (Aug. 4 - Sept. 2, struck in Wilson v. City of Columbia; re-enacted Sept. 8), Richland County's Delta ordinance (eff. Sept. 15, 6:00 a.m.: masks in every commercial establishment in the unincorporated county and in schools and daycares), the University of South Carolina's mask mandate sustained in Creswick (Aug. 17), and the federal injunction of Sept. 28, 2021 against enforcing Proviso 1.108. Every gubernatorial order carried the same enforcement clause: S.C. Code § 16-7-10(A), a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, plus injunction or mandamus under § 1-3-440(4); restaurant and alcohol orders added summary license suspension under § 1-23-370(c) and the § 61-6-4160 penalties.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in South Carolina on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2020: State of Emergency (EO 2020-15, SC-008) in force; schools and colleges closed (EO 2020-09, SC-002, as extended); dine-in suspended and gatherings of 50+ at public facilities barred (EO 2020-10, SC-003); non-essential State employees barred from in-person work (EO 2020-11, SC-004); gatherings of 3+ dispersible (EO 2020-13, SC-006); 14-day traveler quarantine (EO 2020-14, SC-007); beaches and landings closed (EO 2020-16, SC-009); EO 2020-17 closures of entertainment, recreation and close-contact businesses took effect 5:00 p.m. that day (SC-010); Supreme Court eviction/foreclosure moratorium (SC-046) and family-court emergency-only order in force; jury trials continued from Apr. 3 (SC-047).	June 30, 2020: State of Emergency (EO 2020-42, SC-025) in force; public schools closed and colleges remote for the emergency (EO 2020-40 § 2, SC-024); night clubs, concert venues, theaters, auditoriums, performing-arts centers, racetracks, adult entertainment and spectator sports still closed under EO 2020-18 as amended (SC-011, SC-024); restaurants open with dine-in under guidance; retail cap deleted (June 11); nursing-home visitation restricted (SC-024 § 1(C)); Supreme Court trial-court order as amended Apr. 22 (SC-048) in force (jury trials continued; in-person hearings limited); courthouse PPE order (SC-051); evictions resumed May 15 (SC-049).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: as of June 30 plus nothing new; alcohol curfew began July 11 (SC-026); courthouse mask mandate July 30 (SC-063).	Sept. 30, 2020: State of Emergency (EO 2020-62, chain SC-037) in force; EO 2020-50 (SC-027) in force: masks in State buildings; restaurant masks, 50 percent indoor capacity, 8 per table, 6-ft spacing; Gathering cap 50 percent / 250 with masks and Commerce approval; alcohol 11:00 p.m.-10:00 a.m. prohibition; State-employee telework directive; SCDE face-covering requirement in schools and buses (SC-057); courthouse masks (SC-063); jury trials only under approved plans.
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Oct. 1, 2020: EO 2020-50 regime in force (restaurant 50 percent cap lifted the next day by EO 2020-63, SC-029, which kept restaurant masks, the gathering cap and the alcohol curfew).	Dec. 31, 2020: State of Emergency (EO 2020-77, SC-031) continuing EO 2020-73 (SC-030): restaurant mask mandate, Gathering cap 50 percent / 250 with masks, alcohol curfew, State-building masks, State-employee telework; SCDE school face coverings; Supreme Court: no jury trials after Dec. 4 (SC-064), trial-court order as amended Dec. 16 (SC-052) with masks, fever screening and 113 sq ft per person; all in-person proceedings suspended from Jan. 11, 2021 (SC-065, issued Jan. 6).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jan. 1, 2021: as of Dec. 31, 2020.	Mar. 31, 2021: State of Emergency (EO 2021-15, chain SC-037) in force; EO 2021-12 (SC-033) had converted restaurant and State-building mask rules and gathering caps to guidelines (Mar. 5) and EO 2021-11 (SC-032) had rescinded the alcohol curfew (Mar. 1); agencies under order to return non-essential employees full-time; local mask ordinances continuing under EO 2021-12 § 2(G); SCDE school face coverings; Supreme Court in-person proceedings resumed Mar. 15, jury trials from Apr. 5 (SC-053); trial-court order as amended Mar. 4, 2021 with courthouse masks.
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2021: as of Mar. 31, 2021.	June 30, 2021: State of Emergency expired June 6-7, 2021 (EO 2021-25, SC-036, fifteen days from May 22); every gubernatorial order lapsed with it, including EO 2021-23 (SC-035) (local mask mandates invalidated May 11; vaccine passports barred; school-mask opt-out); Act 102 of 2021 (SC-044) in force (five-day in-person instruction); Supreme Court trial-court order as amended June 15, 2021 (SC-054) in force with courthouse masks and distancing, expiring Aug. 2; SCDE 2020-21 face-covering requirement ended with the school year; Provisos 1.108 and 117.190 (SC-045) took effect the next day.
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: no gubernatorial COVID-19 order in force; Provisos 1.108 and 117.190 (Act 94, SC-045) effective; Act 102 § 1 and § 3 (SC-044); Supreme Court trial-court order as amended June 15, 2021 (SC-054) with the July 30, 2020 courthouse mask mandate (SC-063), six-foot distancing, 113 sq ft per person and fever screening; DHEC School and Childcare Exclusion List for 2021-22 (SC-062, rev. Aug. 24); federal layer.	Sept. 30, 2021: Supreme Court trial-court order as revised Aug. 27, 2021 (SC-056) with mitigation left to the Chief Justice; Provisos 1.108 and 117.190 in force but enforcement of 1.108 enjoined by the D.S.C. since Sept. 28 (SC-043 recites); Lucas decided that day (SC-042); DHEC Exclusion List (SC-062) governing exclusion of cases and quarantine of close contacts in every school and child-care facility; USC mask mandate sustained by Creswick (SC-040).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in South Carolina, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

Mar. 5, 2021

Instrument Executive Order No. 2021-12 (Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures), following Executive Order No. 2021-11 (Mar. 1, 2021), which had rescinded the 11:00 p.m. alcohol curfew and converted the 50 percent / 250-person gathering cap to guidelines

What remained in force

The State of Emergency itself (renewed every fifteen days to EO 2021-25 of May 22, 2021, which expired June 6-7, 2021); the State-employee telework directive until EO 2021-12 § 5(D) ordered agencies to submit plans for the full-time return of non-essential employees (Mar. 5, 2021); the regulatory-flexibility, procurement, hospital-capacity and unemployment provisions; the Supreme Court's trial-court order (as amended Dec. 16, 2020, Mar. 4, June 15 and Aug. 27, 2021) with the July 30, 2020 courthouse mask mandate, six-foot distancing and fever screening; the Department of Education's 2020-21 face-covering requirement through the school year; local face-covering ordinances (Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and others) until EO 2021-23 § 2(D) declared them invalid and preempted on May 11, 2021; EO 2021-23's vaccine-passport prohibition and school-mask opt-out (May 11 - June 7, 2021); Act 102 of 2021 (Apr. 22, 2021) requiring five-day in-person instruction; Provisos 1.108 and 117.190 from July 1, 2021; the DHEC School and Childcare Exclusion List; and the federal layer (CDC conveyance mask order, TSA directives, OSHA Healthcare ETS, presidential entry proclamations).

Preemption of local orders

Every gubernatorial COVID-19 order from EO 2020-13 (Mar. 23, 2020) onward carried the clause: 'If or to the extent that any political subdivision of this State seeks to adopt or enforce a local ordinance, rule, regulation, or other restriction that conflicts with this Order, this Order shall supersede and preempt any such local ordinance, rule, regulation, or other restriction.' EO 2020-11 § 1(B) (Mar. 19, 2020) prohibited any county or municipality from closing any facility occupied by a State agency or employee. The Governor never issued a statewide general-public mask mandate; EO 2020-50 (Aug. 2, 2020) recited that he 'urge[d] counties and municipalities... to enact or implement' face-covering ordinances, and EO 2021-12 § 2(G) (Mar. 5, 2021) expressly preserved 'appropriate and narrowly tailored' local mask ordinances 'targeted... in the least restrictive manner possible.' EO 2021-23 § 2(D) (May 11, 2021) reversed course: 'to the extent any county, municipality, or political subdivision of this State continues to impose any ordinance, order, or other measure that requires the general public within its jurisdiction to wear a Face Covering and has relied in whole or in part on the undersigned's prior authorization or declarations of a State of Emergency... any such ordinance, order, or other measure is invalid and preempted'; § 3 barred any State or local vaccine-passport requirement. The General Assembly then enacted Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require masks; 'This prohibition extends to the announcement or enforcement of any such policy') and Proviso 117.190 (higher education), effective July 1, 2021 (Act 94 of 2021). The Supreme Court held in Wilson v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056 (Sept. 2, 2021), that Proviso 1.108 preempted and voided Columbia Ordinances 2021-068 and 2021-069 insofar as they mandated masks in K-12 public schools, and in Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063 (Sept. 30, 2021), that the proviso is constitutional while not barring mask rules funded solely with federal or local funds; Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053 (Aug. 17, 2021), held Proviso 117.190 does not bar a universal university mask mandate. The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina preliminarily enjoined enforcement of Proviso 1.108 on September 28, 2021 (Disability Rights S.C. v. McMaster, No. 3:21-cv-02728); the Fourth Circuit vacated that injunction as to the Governor and Attorney General for want of standing on January 25, 2022 (24 F.4th 893). Local orders otherwise coexisted with the State's: Columbia and Charleston adopted stay-at-home ordinances on March 26, 2020, before the State's Home or Work Order, and the principal cities and counties adopted mask ordinances from late June 2020 (verified_secondary; see SC-038).

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in South Carolina. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (11)

SC-045 Act 94 of 2021, Part IB, Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate prohibition) and Proviso 117.190 (higher education), effective July 1, 2021
SC-044 Act 102 of 2021 (S. 704), § 1 five-day in-person instruction for 2021-22 and § 3 dual-modality prohibition
SC-054 S.C. Supreme Court, Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (as amended June 15, 2021), in force July 1 - Aug. 27, 2021 (expiration extended to Aug. 31 by SC-055 of July 30, 2021), incorporating the July 30, 2020 courthouse mask mandate (SC-063), six-foot distancing, 113 sq ft per person and fever screening
SC-056 S.C. Supreme Court, Operation of the Trial Courts (as amended Aug. 27, 2021), effective Aug. 27, 2021 for ninety days.
SC-062 DHEC School and Childcare Exclusion List 2021-22 (rev. Aug. 24, 2021; S.C. Code Regs. 61-20): exclusion of COVID-19 cases for 10 days; close contacts excluded 14 days unless fully vaccinated or infected within 90 days, with a shortened-quarantine option
$100 civil infraction; declared void as to K-12 public schools Sept. 2, 2021 (SC-041)
SC-061 Richland County Emergency Ordinance (adopted Sept. 14, 2021; effective Sept. 15, 2021, 6:00 a.m., for 61 days): masks for all persons entering a commercial establishment in the unincorporated county ($25 civil infraction; $100 for the business), and masks in schools and daycares without school-staff enforcement
SC-040 Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053 (Aug. 17, 2021), sustaining the University's universal mask mandate (a State institution's requirement, in force from Aug. 2021)
SC-041 Wilson v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056 (Sept. 2, 2021), and SC-042 Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063 (Sept. 30, 2021)
Disability Rights S.C. v. McMaster, No. 3:21-cv-02728 (D.S.C. Sept. 28, 2021), preliminary injunction against enforcement of Proviso 1.108 (recited in SC-043); school-district mask policies adopted after it (verified_secondary)
Federal layer (FED files): CDC conveyance mask order and TSA directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS; presidential entry proclamations and DHS land-border notices

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in South Carolina, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Dine-in suspended Mar. 18 - May 3, 2020 (EO 2020-10 § 4, SC-003); outdoor dining May 4 (EO 2020-31, SC-018); limited indoor dining May 11 (EO 2020-34, SC-019); alcohol sale or consumption prohibited on premises 11:00 p.m. - 10:00 a.m. from July 11, 2020 (EO 2020-45, SC-026) to Mar. 1, 2021 (EO 2021-11, SC-032); from Aug. 3, 2020, 5:00 p.m., masks for employees and patrons, 50 percent indoor capacity, 8 per table, 6-ft spacing, no bar congregating (EO 2020-50 § 3, SC-027); capacity and table rules became 'should' Oct. 2, 2020 (EO 2020-63, SC-029); mask mandate until Mar. 5, 2021 (EO 2021-12, SC-033); nightclubs closed Apr. 1, 2020 (EO 2020-17) and reopened only as capped 'Gatherings' from Aug. 3, 2020.

Retail

Furniture, clothing, jewelry, department, sporting-goods, book, craft and music stores, flea markets and florists closed Apr. 6, 2020, 5:00 p.m. (EO 2020-18 § 1(C), SC-011), curbside and delivery permitted; all open retail capped at 5 customers per 1,000 sq ft or 20 percent of fire-marshal occupancy from Apr. 7 (EO 2020-21, SC-013); closed stores reopened under the same cap Apr. 20, 5:00 p.m. (EO 2020-28 § 2, SC-015); cap deleted June 11, 2020 (EO 2020-40 § 5(B), SC-024); local mask ordinances in the principal cities and counties from late June 2020 to May 11, 2021 (SC-038).

Personal care

Barber shops, hair, waxing, threading and nail salons, tattoo, tanning and massage establishments closed Apr. 1, 2020, 5:00 p.m. (EO 2020-17 § 1(B)(3), SC-010; re-ordered by EO 2020-18, SC-011) through May 17; reopened May 18, 2020, 12:01 a.m. (EO 2020-36, SC-021) under guidelines; local mask ordinances thereafter.

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms, pools, group-exercise studios, spectator sports, close-contact sports, shared-equipment activities, playgrounds, night clubs, bowling alleys, arcades, concert venues, theaters, auditoriums, performing-arts centers, tourist attractions, racetracks, indoor play areas, adult entertainment, bingo halls and social-club venues closed Apr. 1, 2020, 5:00 p.m. (EO 2020-17, SC-010); gyms and pools reopened May 18 (SC-021); arcades, attractions, play areas, bingo, social clubs and close-contact sports May 22 (EO 2020-37, SC-022); bowling June 11 (EO 2020-40, SC-024); concert venues, theaters, auditoriums, performing-arts centers, racetracks, spectator sports and nightclubs reopened only as 'Gatherings' capped at 50 percent or 250 persons with masks from Aug. 3, 2020 (EO 2020-50 § 4, SC-027) until the cap became guidance Mar. 1, 2021 (SC-032).

Hotels and short-term rentals

From Apr. 3, 2020, 5:00 p.m., hotels, motels, campgrounds, bed-and-breakfasts and vacation rentals under 90 days were 'prohibited from making or accepting new reservations or bookings from or for individuals residing in or travelling from' any CDC-advisory area including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (EO 2020-19 § 1(B), SC-012), rescinded May 1, 2020 (EO 2020-30, SC-017); beaches closed Mar. 30 - Apr. 21, 2020 (SC-009, SC-015); the Home or Work Order treated hotels as 'Residence' (SC-013 § 1(C)); event and banquet business capped as 'Gatherings' Aug. 3, 2020 - Mar. 1, 2021.

Offices and telework

State government: 'all non-essential employees and staff of the State of South Carolina... shall not report to work, physically or in-person, effective Friday, March 20, 2020, and until further notice' and agencies 'shall utilize, to the maximum extent possible, telecommuting or work-from-home options' (EO 2020-11 § 1(A), SC-004), re-enacted in EO 2020-50 § 9 (SC-027), 2020-63, 2020-73 and 2021-11 § 8 (SC-032), ended by EO 2021-12 § 5(D) (Mar. 5, 2021, SC-033): agencies 'shall submit... a plan to expeditiously return all non-essential employees and staff to the workplace on a full-time basis.' Private offices: Home or Work Order Apr. 7 - May 3, 2020 confined residents to home except for Essential Business (SC-013); EO 2020-17 § 2(F) 'encouraged' telecommuting; masks in State buildings Aug. 3, 2020 - Mar. 5, 2021.

Manufacturing

Not closed; plants continued under the Home or Work Order's Essential Business and Critical Infrastructure clauses (SC-013); workforce reached by school closures (Mar. 16, 2020 - end of the 2019-20 year), the traveler quarantine (Mar. 27 - May 1, 2020) and DHEC exclusion rules.

Construction

Not closed; construction was outside every closure list and continued as Essential Business under the Home or Work Order (SC-013); job sites were subject to the 3-person dispersal authority (SC-006) and, from Aug. 3, 2020, to no statewide rule.

Real estate

Supreme Court stayed evictions statewide Mar. 17 and evictions and foreclosures Mar. 18, 2020 (SC-046) until May 15, 2020 (SC-049, with CARES Act certification thereafter); attorneys permitted to supervise closings by video conference from May 1, 2020 (SC-050); furniture and home-furnishings stores closed Apr. 6-20, 2020; showings and open houses constrained by the Home or Work Order Apr. 7 - May 3, 2020.

Hospitals and long-term care

EO 2020-08 § 2 (Mar. 13, 2020, SC-001) directed DHEC 'to restrict visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, with the exception of end-of-life situations'; the directive recurs in every emergency declaration through EO 2020-53 (Aug. 10, 2020, SC-028) and is absent from EO 2020-77 (Dec. 23, 2020); EO 2020-11 § 4 suspended Regs. 61-15 and 61-16 bed and room limits and CON thresholds; correctional visitation suspended (EO 2020-08 § 4).

Dental and elective health care

No statewide order suspending elective or non-urgent procedures was found; the Governor's orders vested DHEC with the Emergency Health Powers Act and suspended bed-capacity and certificate-of-need rules (EO 2020-11 § 4, SC-004). Dental practices were not on the closure lists; the close-contact and Home or Work orders reached their patient base Apr. 7 - May 3, 2020.

Schools

All public schools, colleges and technical colleges closed for students and non-essential employees from Mar. 16, 2020 (EO 2020-09 § 2, SC-002), extended for the emergency (EO 2020-40 § 2, SC-024; colleges remote); 2020-21 in-person under SCDE-approved plans with face coverings required on buses and in buildings from Aug. 3, 2020 (SC-057); Act 102 (Apr. 22, 2021, SC-044) required five-day in-person instruction by Apr. 26, 2021 and for 2021-22; EO 2021-23 § 2(I) (May 11, 2021) parental opt-out from any school mask rule; Proviso 1.108 (July 1, 2021, SC-045) barred funded mask mandates; Wilson (Sept. 2, 2021) voided Columbia's school-mask ordinances; D.S.C. injunction Sept. 28, 2021; DHEC Exclusion List 2021-22 (SC-062) required exclusion of cases and quarantine of close contacts.

Child care

Licensed child-care facilities were never ordered closed (EO 2020-17 § 1(B)(1)(h) excepted them from the indoor-play-area closure, SC-010); their staff and families were reached by the Home or Work Order and school closures; the DHEC School and Childcare Exclusion List (S.C. Code Regs. 61-20 and ch. 114 art. 5) governed exclusion and quarantine in every licensed facility, including the 2021-22 COVID-19 rows (SC-062); Columbia (Aug. 4, 2021) and Richland County (Sept. 15, 2021) mask ordinances named daycares (SC-058, SC-061).

Worship and gatherings

Gatherings of 50+ at State or local government facilities prohibited Mar. 18 - June 11, 2020 (EO 2020-10 § 5, SC-003; deleted by EO 2020-40 § 5(A), SC-024); law enforcement authorized from Mar. 23, 2020 to disperse any gathering of 3+ posing a public-health threat (EO 2020-13, SC-006; carried through the emergency); Home or Work Order Apr. 7 - May 3 permitted 'attending religious services' as an Essential Activity (SC-013); 'Gathering' cap 50 percent / 250 with masks Aug. 3, 2020 - Mar. 1, 2021 expressly excluded religious services and school operations (EO 2020-50 § 4(C), SC-027).

Courts and public offices

Family courts emergency-only Mar. 16, 2020; evictions and foreclosures stayed Mar. 18 - May 15, 2020 (SC-046, SC-049); all jury trials continued and in-person hearings limited to ten persons from Apr. 3, 2020 (SC-047, amended Apr. 14 and 22, SC-048); PPE order May 26 (SC-051); masks required in every county and municipal courthouse from July 30, 2020 (SC-063); jury trials halted after Dec. 4, 2020 (SC-064); trial-court order amended Dec. 16, 2020 with fever screening and 113 sq ft per person (SC-052); all in-person proceedings suspended from Jan. 11, 2021 (SC-065); resumed Mar. 15 and jury trials Apr. 5, 2021 (SC-053); amended June 15, 2021 (SC-054), extended to Aug. 31 (SC-055), revised Aug. 27, 2021 (SC-056); State offices closed to non-essential employees Mar. 20, 2020 - Mar. 5, 2021 (SC-004, SC-033).

Travel and quarantine

Fourteen-day self-quarantine for every person entering from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or New Orleans, Mar. 27 - May 1, 2020 (EO 2020-14, SC-007; rescinded by EO 2020-30, SC-017), enforceable under § 16-7-10(A) and DHEC's Emergency Health Powers Act authority; lodging booking ban Apr. 3 - May 1, 2020 (SC-012); DHEC isolation and quarantine of cases and contacts throughout under S.C. Code §§ 44-1-140 and 44-4-100 et seq. (school and child-care rows in SC-062).

Face coverings

No statewide general-public mandate at any time. Mandatory by order: restaurants (employees and patrons) Aug. 3, 2020 - Mar. 5, 2021 (SC-027, SC-029, SC-030, SC-032; ended by SC-033); State buildings Aug. 3, 2020 - Mar. 5, 2021; 'Gatherings' Aug. 3, 2020 - Mar. 1, 2021; courthouses from July 30, 2020 (SC-063) through at least Aug. 27, 2021 (SC-054); public schools and buses Aug. 3, 2020 - end of 2020-21 (SC-057); local ordinances late June 2020 - May 11, 2021 (SC-038; EO 2021-23 § 2(D)); Columbia schools and daycares Aug. 4 - Sept. 2 and from Sept. 8, 2021; Richland County commercial establishments, schools and daycares from Sept. 15, 2021 (SC-061); USC campus from Aug. 2021 (SC-040).

Vaccination mandates

None issued by the State for health-care workers or State employees. EO 2021-23 § 3 (May 11 - June 7, 2021) prohibited every State agency and political subdivision from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination 'as a condition of receiving any government service or entering any building.' Proviso 117.190 (July 1, 2021) barred public colleges from requiring vaccination as the condition of going unmasked.

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of South Carolina that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the South Carolina duties →

South Carolina bound its employers through four standing layers of law that predate March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter, and the Governor's own orders wrote the protocols in as conditions of operating and tied them to the legislature's liability shield. First, the communicable-disease law. Section 44-1-80(A) commands that the health authority 'must investigate the reported causes of communicable or epidemic disease and must enforce or prescribe these preventive measures as may be needed to suppress or prevent the spread of these diseases by proper quarantine or other measures of prevention,' section 44-1-140(A) authorizes rules for 'the sanitation of hotels, restaurants, cafes... and all other places or establishments providing eating or drinking facilities' and for 'the care, segregation, and isolation of persons having or suspected of having any communicable, contagious, or infectious disease,' section 44-1-140(B) authorizes 'separate orders and rules to meet any emergency... for the purpose of suppressing... communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases,' and section 44-1-150 makes violation of a rule a misdemeanor and violation of 'a rule, regulation, permit, permit condition, final determination, or order' a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars a day (Ex. DUT-SC-001). Every sheriff, constable and police officer 'must carry out and obey' the department's orders 'to enforce and carry out any and all restrictive measures and quarantine regulations' (section 44-1-100). The Emergency Health Powers Act of 2002, engaged by the Governor's public-health-emergency declaration under section 25-1-440(e), commands that 'DHEC must use every available means to prevent the transmission of infectious disease' (section 44-4-500), authorizes DHEC 'to close, direct and compel the evacuation of, or to decontaminate' any facility that 'may endanger the public health' (section 44-4-300(1)), and authorizes isolation and quarantine of 'an individual or groups of individuals,' including 'confinement to private homes or other private and public premises,' with the power to 'set rules and make orders' (section 44-4-530) (Ex. DUT-SC-002); the Governor's orders directed DHEC to exercise that section 44-4-500 mandate in terms (Ex. SC-013; Ex. SC-035). Second, the emergency-powers statutes. The Governor's proclamations and regulations 'have the force and effect of law as long as the emergency exists' (section 25-1-440(a)(1), Ex. DUT-SC-005); the Governor 'may... order and direct any person or group of persons to do any act which would in his opinion prevent or minimize danger to life, limb or property' and 'may order any person or group of persons to refrain from doing any act' (section 1-3-430, Ex. DUT-SC-006); and any person who 'violate[s] a provision in the proclamation' is guilty of a misdemeanor (section 16-7-10(A)(1), Ex. DUT-SC-004), a penalty every order in the library recites. The Attorney General told the State Law Enforcement Division on March 24, 2020 that section 16-7-10 'is intended in part to maintain good order during extraordinary times of emergency,' and told the General Assembly on March 29 and April 13, 2020 that 'the Governor's executive orders have made certain actions criminal... for the duration of the executive order' and that the General Assembly 'has delegated broad emergency powers to the Governor, pursuant to section 25-1-440' (Exs. DUT-SC-017 to DUT-SC-019). Third, the workplace duty. South Carolina runs its own OSHA plan; section 41-15-80(1) commands that 'Each employer shall furnish to his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees' (Ex. DUT-SC-007); Regulation 71-112 restates the duty, Regulation 71-108 gives incorporated federal standards 'the same force and effect as other standards,' and Subarticle 6 'is identical to the federal regulations contained in 29 CFR 1910' (Ex. DUT-SC-008; the federal model at Ex. DUT-SC-013). SC OSHA's own COVID-19 statement of the duty reads: 'SC OSHA requires employers to provide a safe and healthy workplace and to implement practices that ensure coronavirus prevention. Employers must ensure social distancing for employees and customers; frequent and adequate employee handwashing; and that sick employees stay home' (Ex. DUT-SC-014), and the agency reported 'more than 1,900 calls and 1,100 complaints received related to COVID-19' since March 2020 (Ex. DUT-SC-011). Fourth, the liability shield. Act No. 99 of 2021 (S. 147, R. 39), the South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act, approved April 28, 2021 and applicable to every cause of action arising from March 13, 2020 through the later of June 30, 2021 or 180 days after the final state of emergency was lifted, grants immunity only to 'a covered entity or covered individual that reasonably adheres to public health guidance applicable at the time the conduct giving rise to a coronavirus claim occurs,' withdraws it for 'a failure to make any attempt to adhere to public health guidance,' and defines 'public health guidance' as 'any applicable published guidance, directive, order, or rule provided by the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, or another state governmental entity, and federal guidance if referenced by state entities' (Ex. DUT-SC-009). The Governor's order of May 11, 2021 preserved every business's freedom to implement measures 'to "reasonably adhere to public health guidance" for purposes of the South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act (R-39, S. 147)' (Ex. SC-035 § 2(G)). Fifth, the orders wrote the protocols in as conditions of operating: every open retailer 'shall limit the number of customers... so as not to exceed five (5) customers per 1,000 square feet of retail space, or twenty percent (20%),' 'shall not knowingly allow customers... to congregate within six (6) feet of one another,' and 'shall implement all reasonable steps to comply with any applicable sanitation guidelines promulgated by the CDC, DHEC, or any other state or federal public health officials' (Ex. SC-013; restated Ex. SC-015); from August 3, 2020 every restaurant 'shall be subject to and shall adhere to the following restrictions and conditions of operation,' including that it 'shall take reasonable steps to incorporate, implement, comply with, and adhere to any applicable sanitation guidelines promulgated by the CDC, DHEC,' 'shall require' face coverings of employees, customers, suppliers and vendors, and shall screen every employee each shift, with 'noncompliance with this Section... governed by the provisions of section 16-7-10(A)' (Ex. SC-027 § 3), and every Gathering venue's occupants 'shall wear a Face Covering... as a condition of entry or participation' (Ex. SC-027 § 4). The May 2020 reopening orders used 'should consider and incorporate industry guidelines' for restaurants and close-contact businesses (Exs. SC-019, SC-021), the October and November 2020 orders converted the restaurant spacing, seating and screening items to 'should' while keeping the sanitation-guideline, face-covering and alcohol items at 'shall' (Exs. SC-029, SC-030), and the March 5, 2021 order converted the whole restaurant section to guidelines the Governor 'urge[d]' businesses to adopt (Ex. SC-033); those recommended items are recorded as recommendations, and their legal effect after March 5, 2021 comes from Act No. 99, section 41-15-80 and Regulation 61-25, not from the Governor's verb. Sixth, the sanitary code. Regulation 61-25, adopted under sections 44-1-140(2), 44-1-150 and 44-1-180, governs every retail food establishment as a permit condition: the department 'may suspend the permit to operate a retail food establishment when it is determined that the operation... constitutes an imminent health hazard,' whereupon 'all food service operations shall immediately cease' (Reg. 61-25 § 8-404.11(A)-(B), Ex. DUT-SC-016); the orders defined 'Restaurants' by reference to that regulation and section 44-1-140 (Exs. SC-027, SC-030). Seventh, South Carolina tort law makes violation of a protective statute negligence per se: 'If he then shows that the defendant violated the statute, he has proven the second element of a negligence cause of action: viz., that the defendant, by act or omission, failed to exercise due care. This constitutes proof of negligence per se' (Whitlaw v. Kroger Co., 306 S.C. 51, 410 S.E.2d 251 (1991), Ex. DUT-SC-020). Nothing a South Carolina employer did to distance, sanitize, screen, mask or exclude the ill was outside the law's command.

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3 Guidance incorporated
3 Statutory duty
3 Workplace duty
2 Statutory authority
1 Adjudication
1 Agency guidance recommendation
1 Liability shield condition
1 Order penalty
1 Recommendation only
1 Sanitary code duty

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Ex. SC-001 Executive Order No. 2020-08Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 13, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-08

Ex. SC-039 Restriction of visitation to nursing homes and assisted living…South Carolina Department of Health and… · Mar. 13, 2020

Restriction of visitation to…

Ex. SC-002 Executive Order No. 2020-09Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 16, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-09

Ex. SC-003 Executive Order No. 2020-10Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 18, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-10

Ex. SC-046 Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01)Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of… · Mar. 18, 2020

Order re Statewide Evictions…

Ex. SC-004 Executive Order No. 2020-11Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 20, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-11

Ex. SC-005 Executive Order No. 2020-12Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 21, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-12

Ex. SC-006 Executive Order No. 2020-13Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 23, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-13

Ex. SC-038 Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar.…city and county councils (emergency ordinances… · Mar. 26, 2020

Local stay-at-home…

Ex. SC-007 Executive Order No. 2020-14Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 27, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-14

Ex. SC-008 Executive Order No. 2020-15Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 28, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-15

Ex. SC-009 Executive Order No. 2020-16Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 30, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-16

Ex. SC-010 Executive Order No. 2020-17Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 1, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-17

Ex. SC-012 Executive Order No. 2020-19Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 3, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-19

Ex. SC-047 Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus…Supreme Court of South Carolina · Apr. 3, 2020

Order re Operation of the…

Ex. SC-011 Executive Order No. 2020-18Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 6, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-18

Ex. SC-013 Executive Order No. 2020-21Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 7, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-21

Ex. SC-014 Executive Order No. 2020-23Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 12, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-23

Ex. SC-015 Executive Order No. 2020-28Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 20, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-28

Ex. SC-048 Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus…Supreme Court of South Carolina · Apr. 22, 2020

Order re Operation of the…

Ex. SC-016 Executive Order No. 2020-29Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 27, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-29

Ex. SC-017 Executive Order No. 2020-30Governor Henry McMaster · May 1, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-30

Ex. SC-050 Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)Supreme Court of South Carolina · May 1, 2020

Supreme Court Order…

Ex. SC-018 Executive Order No. 2020-31Governor Henry McMaster · May 4, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-31

Ex. SC-019 Executive Order No. 2020-34Governor Henry McMaster · May 11, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-34

Ex. SC-020 Executive Order No. 2020-35Governor Henry McMaster · May 12, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-35

Ex. SC-049 Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty · May 15, 2020

Order re Statewide Evictions…

Ex. SC-021 Executive Order No. 2020-36Governor Henry McMaster · May 18, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-36

Ex. SC-022 Executive Order No. 2020-37Governor Henry McMaster · May 22, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-37

Ex. SC-051 Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court…Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty · May 26, 2020

Order re Use of Personal…

Ex. SC-023 Executive Order No. 2020-38Governor Henry McMaster · May 27, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-38

Ex. SC-024 Executive Order No. 2020-40Governor Henry McMaster · June 11, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-40

Ex. SC-025 Executive Order No. 2020-42Governor Henry McMaster · June 26, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-42

Ex. SC-026 Executive Order No. 2020-45Governor Henry McMaster · July 11, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-45

Ex. SC-037 State of Emergency renewal chain: EO 2020-44 (July 11, 2020), 2020-48…Governor Henry McMaster · July 11, 2020

State of Emergency renewal…

Ex. SC-063 Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal…Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty · July 30, 2020

Order re Required Use of…

Ex. SC-027 Executive Order No. 2020-50Governor Henry McMaster · Aug. 3, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-50

Ex. SC-057 South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for…South Carolina Department of Education… · Aug. 3, 2020

South Carolina Department of…

Ex. SC-028 Executive Order No. 2020-53Governor Henry McMaster · Aug. 10, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-53

Ex. SC-029 Executive Order No. 2020-63Governor Henry McMaster · Oct. 2, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-63

Ex. SC-030 Executive Order No. 2020-73Governor Henry McMaster · Nov. 25, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-73

Ex. SC-064 Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01)Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty · Dec. 4, 2020

Order re Circuit Court Jury…

Ex. SC-052 Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus…Supreme Court of South Carolina · Dec. 16, 2020

Order re Operation of the…

Ex. SC-031 Executive Order No. 2020-77Governor Henry McMaster · Dec. 23, 2020

Executive Order No. 2020-77

Ex. SC-065 Order re In-Person Proceedings in Circuit, Family, Probate, and…Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty · Jan. 11, 2021

Order re In-Person…

Ex. SC-032 Executive Order No. 2021-11Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 1, 2021

Executive Order No. 2021-11

Ex. SC-033 Executive Order No. 2021-12Governor Henry McMaster · Mar. 5, 2021

Executive Order No. 2021-12

Ex. SC-053 Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family…Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty · Mar. 15, 2021

Order re In-Person…

Ex. SC-034 Executive Order No. 2021-19Governor Henry McMaster · Apr. 12, 2021

Executive Order No. 2021-19

Ex. SC-044 Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint ResolutionGeneral Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704… · Apr. 22, 2021

Act No. 102 of 2021 (S.…

Ex. SC-035 Executive Order No. 2021-23Governor Henry McMaster · May 11, 2021

Executive Order No. 2021-23

Ex. SC-036 Executive Order No. 2021-25Governor Henry McMaster · May 22, 2021

Executive Order No. 2021-25

Ex. SC-054 Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus…Supreme Court of South Carolina · June 15, 2021

Order re Operation of the…

Ex. SC-045 Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB, Provisos 1.108 (SDE: Mask Mandate…General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100… · July 1, 2021

Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB…

Ex. SC-055 Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus…Supreme Court of South Carolina · July 30, 2021

Order re Operation of the…

Ex. SC-058 Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State…Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order)… · Aug. 5, 2021

Ordinance No. 2021-068…

Ex. SC-059 Ordinance No. 2021-069, Ratifying Ordinance 2021-068 Declaring State…Columbia City Council · Aug. 5, 2021

Ordinance No. 2021-069…

Ex. SC-040 Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Supreme Court of South Carolina (original… · Aug. 17, 2021

Creswick v. University of…

Ex. SC-056 Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus…Supreme Court of South Carolina · Aug. 27, 2021

Order re Operation of the…

Ex. SC-041 Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d…Supreme Court of South Carolina (original… · Sept. 2, 2021

Wilson ex rel. State v. City…

Ex. SC-060 Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to…Columbia City Council · Sept. 8, 2021

Ordinance No. 2021-078…

Ex. SC-061 Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the…Richland County Council · Sept. 15, 2021

Emergency Ordinance No.…

Ex. SC-042 Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063, 862…Supreme Court of South Carolina (original… · Sept. 30, 2021

Richland County School…

Ex. SC-062 School and Childcare Exclusion List, 2021-2022 (revisions of Aug. 12…South Carolina Department of Health and… · Sept. 30, 2021

School and Childcare…

Ex. SC-043 Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster, No. 21-2070, 24 F.4th…United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth… · Jan. 25, 2022

Disability Rights South…

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. SC-001	Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 13, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 90 KB
Ex. SC-039	Restriction of visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities (directive to DHEC)Nursing-home and assisted-living visitation restriction	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), acting under the Governor's directive	Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 90 KB
Ex. SC-002	Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, etc. Due to Coronavirus	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 16, 2020	June 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 118 KB
Ex. SC-003	Executive Order No. 2020-10Directing Additional Emergency Measures in Response to COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 18, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 99 KB
Ex. SC-046	Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01)Statewide moratorium on eviction and foreclosure proceedings	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	Mar. 18, 2020	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 54 KB
Ex. SC-004	Executive Order No. 2020-11Additional Emergency Measures and Regulatory Relief re COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 20, 2020	Mar. 5, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. SC-005	Executive Order No. 2020-12Regulatory Flexibility to Facilitate Social Distancing	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 21, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Alcohol and barsOther	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. SC-006	Executive Order No. 2020-13Authorizing Law Enforcement to Maintain Order, Ensure Public Safety, and Preserve Public Health During the…	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 23, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capOther	Primary source read	PDF 108 KB
Ex. SC-038	Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty daysEmergency ordinances requiring face coverings in retail, grocery, pharmacy and food-service settings…	city and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250)	City	Mar. 26, 2020	May 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. SC-007	Executive Order No. 2020-14Required Self-Quarantine for Individuals Entering South Carolina from High-Risk Areas	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 27, 2020	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 109 KB
Ex. SC-008	Executive Order No. 2020-15State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 28, 2020	Apr. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 136 KB
Ex. SC-009	Executive Order No. 2020-16Emergency Access Restrictions for Public Beaches and Waters	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 30, 2020	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 108 KB
Ex. SC-010	Executive Order No. 2020-17Closure of Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public Use	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 1, 2020	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 132 KB
Ex. SC-012	Executive Order No. 2020-19Lodging and Travel Restrictions for Individuals Entering South Carolina from High-Risk Areas	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 3, 2020	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. SC-047	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten persons	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	Apr. 3, 2020	Apr. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 138 KB
Ex. SC-011	Executive Order No. 2020-18Closure of Additional Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public Use	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 6, 2020	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 137 KB
Ex. SC-013	Executive Order No. 2020-21Stay at Home or Work Order Due to COVID-19 ('Home or Work Order')	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 7, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 149 KB
Ex. SC-014	Executive Order No. 2020-23State of Emergency Due to Acceleration of COVID-19 Pandemic	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 12, 2020	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 164 KB
Ex. SC-015	Executive Order No. 2020-28Modification of Emergency Restrictions for Public Beaches and Waters and Incremental Modification of…	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 20, 2020	June 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 140 KB
Ex. SC-048	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01)Amended statewide trial-court operations order	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	Apr. 22, 2020	Dec. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 143 KB
Ex. SC-016	Executive Order No. 2020-29New State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Response, Recovery, etc.	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 27, 2020	May 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 182 KB
Ex. SC-017	Executive Order No. 2020-30Rescinding Self-Quarantine, Lodging, and Travel Restrictions for Individuals Entering South Carolina from…	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 1, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 95 KB
Ex. SC-050	Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)Attorney supervision of real estate closings by video conference during the emergency	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	May 1, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 53 KB
Ex. SC-018	Executive Order No. 2020-31Modification of Home or Work Order and Authorization of Outdoor Dining Services	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 4, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read	PDF 106 KB
Ex. SC-019	Executive Order No. 2020-34Authorization of Limited Indoor Dining Services and Rescission of Boating Restrictions	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 11, 2020	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limit	Primary source read	PDF 109 KB
Ex. SC-020	Executive Order No. 2020-35State of Emergency to Facilitate COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Testing, and Other Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 12, 2020	May 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 184 KB
Ex. SC-049	Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certification	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Court	May 15, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 57 KB
Ex. SC-021	Executive Order No. 2020-36Additional Incremental Modification of Non-Essential Business Closures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 18, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 109 KB
Ex. SC-022	Executive Order No. 2020-37Additional Incremental Modification of Non-Essential Business Closures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 22, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 111 KB
Ex. SC-051	Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01)Right to wear PPE in county court facilities statewide; interference punishable as contempt	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Court	May 26, 2020	July 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 52 KB
Ex. SC-023	Executive Order No. 2020-38State of Emergency to Facilitate Coordinated COVID-19 Pandemic Response	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 27, 2020	June 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 187 KB
Ex. SC-024	Executive Order No. 2020-40State of Emergency (with School Closures, Protection of First Responders, Transportation Waivers, and…	Governor Henry McMaster	State	June 11, 2020	June 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 339 KB
Ex. SC-025	Executive Order No. 2020-42State of Emergency	Governor Henry McMaster	State	June 26, 2020	July 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 327 KB
Ex. SC-026	Executive Order No. 2020-45Temporary Restrictions Regarding Alcoholic Beverages at Restaurants, Bars, and Other Establishments After…	Governor Henry McMaster	State	July 11, 2020	Mar. 1, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 285 KB
Ex. SC-037	State of Emergency renewal chain: EO 2020-44 (July 11, 2020), 2020-48 (July 26), 2020-56 (Aug. 25), 2020-59 (Sept. 9), 2020-62 (Sept. 24), 2020-65 (Oct. 9), 2020-67 (Oct. 24), 2020-70 (Nov. 8), 2020-72 (Nov. 23), 2020-75 (Dec. 8), 2021-03 (Jan. 7, 2021), 2021-07 (Jan. 22), 2021-08 (Feb. 6), 2021-10 (Feb. 21), 2021-13 (Mar. 8), 2021-15 (Mar. 23), 2021-18 (Apr. 7), 2021-20 (Apr. 22), 2021-22 (May 7)State of Emergency (successive fifteen-day declarations)	Governor Henry McMaster	State	July 11, 2020	May 22, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. SC-063	Order 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 courthouse	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Court	July 30, 2020	Aug. 27, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 64 KB
Ex. SC-027	Executive Order No. 2020-50Initiating Additional Emergency Measures and Consolidating Previous Orders	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Aug. 3, 2020	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 244 KB
Ex. SC-057	South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020)Face coverings required on school buses and in public school facilities for the 2020-21 school year	South Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman)	Sector regulator	Aug. 3, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 179 KB
Ex. SC-028	Executive Order No. 2020-53State of Emergency	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Aug. 10, 2020	Aug. 25, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 145 KB
Ex. SC-029	Executive Order No. 2020-63Amending and Consolidating Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Oct. 2, 2020	Nov. 25, 2020	2020 Q4	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 252 KB
Ex. SC-030	Executive Order No. 2020-73Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Nov. 25, 2020	Mar. 1, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 267 KB
Ex. SC-064	Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01)No circuit-court jury trials to commence after December 4, 2020	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Court	Dec. 4, 2020	Apr. 5, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 39 KB
Ex. SC-052	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01)Winter 2020-21 amended trial-court order: masks, fever screening, 113 square feet per person, jury trials only…	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	Dec. 16, 2020	Mar. 4, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 172 KB
Ex. SC-031	Executive Order No. 2020-77State of Emergency	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Dec. 23, 2020	Jan. 7, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 190 KB
Ex. SC-065	Order re In-Person Proceedings in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity (2021-01-06-01; as amended Jan. 8, 2021, 2021-01-08-01)All in-person proceedings statewide suspended from January 11, 2021	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Court	Jan. 11, 2021	Mar. 15, 2021	2021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 41 KB
Ex. SC-032	Executive Order No. 2021-11Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 1, 2021	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 237 KB
Ex. SC-033	Executive Order No. 2021-12Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Mar. 5, 2021	May 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTelework mandateOther	Primary source read	PDF 232 KB
Ex. SC-053	Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01)Resumption of in-person proceedings March 15, 2021 and jury trials April 5, 2021 under safety plans	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Court	Mar. 15, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 44 KB
Ex. SC-034	Executive Order No. 2021-19Prioritizing and Protecting South Carolina's Children	Governor Henry McMaster	State	Apr. 12, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 128 KB
Ex. SC-044	Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint ResolutionTo Provide for a Return to Five-Day, In-Person Classroom Instruction for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 School…	General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021)	State	Apr. 22, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 123 KB
Ex. SC-035	Executive Order No. 2021-23Emergency Measures Regarding Face Coverings, Vaccine Passports, and Other Matters	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 11, 2021	June 6, 2021	2021 Q2	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read	PDF 201 KB
Ex. SC-036	Executive Order No. 2021-25State of Emergency	Governor Henry McMaster	State	May 22, 2021	June 6, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 204 KB
Ex. SC-054	Order 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…	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	June 15, 2021	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 180 KB
Ex. SC-045	Act 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…	General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021)	State	July 1, 2021	June 30, 2022	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. SC-055	Order 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, 2021	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	July 30, 2021	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 45 KB
Ex. SC-058	Ordinance 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…	Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council	City	Aug. 5, 2021	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 704 KB
Ex. SC-059	Ordinance 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 order	Columbia City Council	City	Aug. 5, 2021	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 793 KB
Ex. SC-040	Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution…	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	Court	Aug. 17, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 168 KB
Ex. SC-056	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended August 27, 2021) (2021-08-27-01)Complete revision of the trial-court order; mitigation measures left to the Chief Justice; ninety-day term	Supreme Court of South Carolina	Court	Aug. 27, 2021	Nov. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 110 KB
Ex. SC-041	Wilson 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…	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	Court	Sept. 2, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 226 KB
Ex. SC-060	Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to COVID-19Re-enactment of mask ordinances (including K-12 schools) after Wilson v. City of Columbia	Columbia City Council	City	Sept. 8, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. SC-061	Emergency 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 daycares	Richland County Council	County	Sept. 15, 2021	Nov. 14, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 127 KB
Ex. SC-042	Richland 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…	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	Court	Sept. 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 163 KB
Ex. SC-062	School and Childcare Exclusion List, 2021-2022 (revisions of Aug. 12 and Aug. 24, 2021; further revised Oct. 12, 2021)Official School and Child Care Exclusion List of Contagious or Communicable Diseases, with COVID-19 exclusion…	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)	Sector regulator	Sept. 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 683 KB
Ex. SC-043	Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster, No. 21-2070, 24 F.4th 893 (4th Cir. Jan. 25, 2022)Vacating in part the D.S.C. preliminary injunction of September 28, 2021 against enforcement of Proviso 1.108…	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Thacker, J.)	Court	Jan. 25, 2022	not dated		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 230 KB
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Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-001)
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), acting under the Governor's directive, Restriction of visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities (directive to DHEC) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-039)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SC-002)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-10 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SC-003)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01) (Ex. SC-046)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-11 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SC-004)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-12 (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. SC-005)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SC-006)
city and county councils (emergency ordinances under S.C. Code §§ 4-9-130 and 5-7-250), Local stay-at-home ordinances (Columbia and Charleston, adopted Mar. 26, 2020, effective before the State's Home or Work Order of Apr. 7) and local face-covering ordinances (Greenville from June 22-23, 2020; Charleston from July 1, 2020; Columbia, Richland County, Charleston County, Myrtle Beach and Horry County from July 2020), renewed every sixty days (Ex. SC-038)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-14 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. SC-007)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-15 (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. SC-008)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-16 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SC-009)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-17 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. SC-010)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-19 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-012)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01) (Ex. SC-047)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-18 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-011)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-21 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SC-013)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-23 (Apr. 12, 2020) (Ex. SC-014)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-28 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SC-015)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01) (Ex. SC-048)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-29 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SC-016)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-30 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SC-017)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SC-050)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-31 (May 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-018)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-34 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. SC-019)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-35 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. SC-020)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02) (Ex. SC-049)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-36 (May 15, 2020) (Ex. SC-021)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-37 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. SC-022)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01) (Ex. SC-051)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-38 (May 27, 2020) (Ex. SC-023)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-40 (June 11, 2020) (Ex. SC-024)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-42 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. SC-025)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-45 (July 11, 2020) (Ex. SC-026)
Governor Henry McMaster, State of Emergency renewal chain: EO 2020-44 (July 11, 2020), 2020-48 (July 26), 2020-56 (Aug. 25), 2020-59 (Sept. 9), 2020-62 (Sept. 24), 2020-65 (Oct. 9), 2020-67 (Oct. 24), 2020-70 (Nov. 8), 2020-72 (Nov. 23), 2020-75 (Dec. 8), 2021-03 (Jan. 7, 2021), 2021-07 (Jan. 22), 2021-08 (Feb. 6), 2021-10 (Feb. 21), 2021-13 (Mar. 8), 2021-15 (Mar. 23), 2021-18 (Apr. 7), 2021-20 (Apr. 22), 2021-22 (May 7) (Ex. SC-037)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01) (Ex. SC-063)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-50 (Aug. 2, 2020) (Ex. SC-027)
South Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman), South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-057)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-53 (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. SC-028)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-63 (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. SC-029)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-73 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. SC-030)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01) (Ex. SC-064)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01) (Ex. SC-052)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-77 (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. SC-031)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re In-Person Proceedings in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity (2021-01-06-01; as amended Jan. 8, 2021, 2021-01-08-01) (Ex. SC-065)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-11 (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. SC-032)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-12 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. SC-033)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01) (Ex. SC-053)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-19 (Apr. 12, 2021) (Ex. SC-034)
General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021), Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint Resolution (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. SC-044)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-23 (May 11, 2021) (Ex. SC-035)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-25 (May 22, 2021) (Ex. SC-036)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01) (Ex. SC-054)
General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021), Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB, Provisos 1.108 (SDE: Mask Mandate Prohibition) and 117.190 (GP: Masks at Higher Education Facilities) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SC-045)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (extension) (2021-07-30-01) (Ex. SC-055)
Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SC-058)
Columbia City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-069, Ratifying Ordinance 2021-068 Declaring State of Emergency (Facial Coverings) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SC-059)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SC-040)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended August 27, 2021) (2021-08-27-01) (Ex. SC-056)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. SC-041)
Columbia City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-078, Enactment of Certain Ordinances Related to COVID-19 (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. SC-060)
Richland County Council, Emergency 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 Variant (Sept. 14, 2021) (Ex. SC-061)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063, 862 S.E.2d 920 (S.C. 2021) (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. SC-042)
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), School and Childcare Exclusion List, 2021-2022 (revisions of Aug. 12 and Aug. 24, 2021; further revised Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. SC-062)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Thacker, J.), Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster, No. 21-2070, 24 F.4th 893 (4th Cir. Jan. 25, 2022) (Ex. SC-043)