| 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 | South CarolinaCourt | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| 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 | South CarolinaCourt | May 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| 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 | South CarolinaCourt | July 30, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-027 | Executive Order No. 2020-50Initiating Additional Emergency Measures and Consolidating Previous Orders | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Aug. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| 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) | South CarolinaSector regulator | Aug. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-029 | Executive Order No. 2020-63Amending and Consolidating Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Oct. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-030 | Executive Order No. 2020-73Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| 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 under approved plans | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Dec. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-032 | Executive Order No. 2021-11Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| 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 | South CarolinaCourt | Feb. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-035 | Executive Order No. 2021-23Emergency Measures Regarding Face Coverings, Vaccine Passports, and Other Matters | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | May 11, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Telework mandateFace-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| 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 feet per person, fever… | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | June 15, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| 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 condition unmasked presence… | General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021) | South CarolinaState | June 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| 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 | South CarolinaCourt | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| 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 the City | Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council | City of Columbia, South CarolinaCity | Aug. 4, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| 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 of higher learning | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| 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 K-12 public schools | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Sept. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| 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 | Richland County, South Carolina (unincorporated areas)County | Sept. 14, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| 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 from federal or local funds | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| 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 (as to the Governor and… | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Thacker, J.) | South Carolina (federal)Court | Jan. 25, 2022 | | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |