2017-2018 Bill 5261: Electrical Safety Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

H. 5261

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Martin, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, Bryant, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, HendersonMyers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McGinnis, McKnight, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Murphy, B.Newton, W.Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Ridgeway, M.Rivers, S.Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Young and Yow

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Introduced in the House on April 18, 2018

Introduced in the Senate on April 18, 2018

Adopted by the General Assembly on April 26, 2018

Summary: Electrical Safety Month

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

4/18/2018HouseIntroduced, adopted, sent to Senate (House Journalpage6)

4/18/2018SenateIntroduced (Senate Journalpage9)

4/18/2018SenateReferred to Committee on Invitations(Senate Journalpage9)

4/25/2018SenateRecalled from Committee on Invitations(Senate Journalpage4)

4/26/2018SenateAdopted, returned to House with concurrence (Senate Journalpage50)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/18/2018

4/25/2018

RECALLED

April 25, 2018

H.5261

Introduced by Reps. Martin, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, Bryant, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, HendersonMyers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McGinnis, McKnight, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Murphy, B.Newton, W.Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Ridgeway, M.Rivers, S.Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Young and Yow

S. Printed 4/25/18--S.

Read the first time April 18, 2018.

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ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO DECLARE MAY 2018 “ELECTRICAL SAFETY MONTH” IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO ESTABLISH AND PRACTICE ELECTRICAL SAFETY HABITS IN THE HOME, SCHOOL, AND WORKPLACE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRICALLYRELATED FIRES, INJURIES, AND DEATHS.

Whereas, the most recent statistics from the National Fire Protection Association show fortyfive thousand home electrical fires occur annually, causing four hundred twenty deaths and more than one thousand three hundred injuries across the nation; and

Whereas, property damages from these home fires,caused by electrical failure or malfunction, cost more than 1.4 billion dollars per year nationally; and

Whereas, also nationally, according to the latest data, one hundred fiftyfour workplace deaths and one hundred six nonworkplacerelated deaths were caused by electrical failure or malfunction, increases of fifteen and eighteen percent, respectively, from the year 2015 to the year 2016; and

Whereas, citizens are advised and often required to protect their homes and families with proven fireprevention safety technologies, such as groundfault circuit interrupters, arcfault circuit interrupters, and tamperresistant receptacles, and they are urged to install, test, and maintain properly an adequate number of smoke alarms. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, declare May 2018 “Electrical Safety Month” in South Carolina and encourage all citizens to establish and practice electrical safety habits in the home, school, and workplace to reduce the number of electricallyrelated fires, injuries, and deaths.

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