| 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-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-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-034 | Executive Order No. 2021-19Prioritizing and Protecting South Carolina's Children | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Apr. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Other | 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. DUT-SC-009 | Act No. 99 of 2021 (S. 147, R. 39), a Joint Resolution, the 'South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act'A Joint Resolution to enact the 'South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act' so as to provide liability protections for a limited time… | General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 147, ratified R. 39, April 28, 2021; approved by Governor Henry McMaster April 28, 2021) | South CarolinaState | Apr. 28, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther | 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-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. 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-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-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-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 | South CarolinaCourt | Aug. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public officesWorkplace rules | 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-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 of Columbia, South CarolinaCity | Sept. 8, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary 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 | 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-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 and close-contact quarantine… | South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) | South CarolinaSector regulator | Aug. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Schools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation | 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 | |
| Ex. DUT-SC-007 | S.C. Code Ann. Title 41, Chapter 15 (Occupational Safety and Health), § 41-15-80; §§ 41-15-210, 41-15-280, 41-15-290, 41-15-320Employers shall furnish safe place; compliance of employers and employees to certain rules; rulemaking; citations; injunctions; penalties | General Assembly of South Carolina | South CarolinaState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty | Primary source read | |