| Ex. SC-001 | Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-065 | Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, and Other Provisions Due to COVID-19 | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-002 | Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, etc. Due to Coronavirus | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-008 | Executive Order No. 2020-15State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 28, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-014 | Executive Order No. 2020-23State of Emergency Due to Acceleration of COVID-19 Pandemic | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Apr. 12, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-016 | Executive Order No. 2020-29New State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Response, Recovery, etc. | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Apr. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-020 | Executive Order No. 2020-35State of Emergency to Facilitate COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Testing, and Other Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | May 12, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-023 | Executive Order No. 2020-38State of Emergency to Facilitate Coordinated COVID-19 Pandemic Response | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | May 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-024 | Executive Order No. 2020-40State of Emergency (with School Closures, Protection of First Responders, Transportation Waivers, and Modification of Prior Emergency… | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | June 11, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-025 | Executive Order No. 2020-42State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | June 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| 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 | South CarolinaState | July 11, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| 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-028 | Executive Order No. 2020-53State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Aug. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Emergency declarationHealth care orders | 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-031 | Executive Order No. 2020-77State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Dec. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-033 | Executive Order No. 2021-12Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Emergency declarationTelework mandateOther | Primary source read | |
| 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 Years... and to Provide… | General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021) | South CarolinaState | Apr. 22, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careWorkplace 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-036 | Executive Order No. 2021-25State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | May 22, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Emergency declaration | 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. SEC-15-089 | Proviso 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 CarolinaState | June 22, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| 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-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 of Columbia, South CarolinaCity | Aug. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| 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 | |