South Carolina House Bill 4763
Session 2025-2026
Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 13, 2026
Sponsors
56 Sponsors
Lastinger
First Action
Dec 16, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 4, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
4763
State
South Carolina
Session
2025-2026
Lastinger
grade
Primary
Motion Text
Table Amendment 1
House Roll Call Votes
Excused
Excused
Ford, Greg
No
Excused
Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Excused
Lastinger, John T., Jr.
No
Yes
Yes
Mitchell, Dianne
No
Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.
No
Neese, Mike M.
No
Excused
Yes
Excused
Sanders, Richard Blake
No
Scott, Keishan M.
Yes
Yes
Excused
Waters, Courtney S.
Yes
Excused
Summary
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "HELPING ALLEVIATE LAWFUL OBSTRUCTION (HALO) ACT"; AND BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-1092 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERMS "EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER", "FIRST RESPONDER", AND "HARASS", TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO APPROACH, IMPEDE, CAUSE HARM TO, OR HARASS A FIRST RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER AFTER RECEIVING A VERBAL WARNING, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.
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03/04/2026
House
Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-18
03/04/2026
House
Read second time
03/04/2026
House
Amended
03/04/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath
03/03/2026
House
Requests for debate-Rep(s). B. Newton, Hewitt, Harris, Martin, T. Moore, Lawson, Duncan, King, Luck, Hosey, Caskey, and Guest
03/03/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson
02/26/2026
South Carolina Legislature
Scrivener's error corrected
02/25/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Chapman
02/25/2026
House
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
02/25/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wickensimer
02/24/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
01/20/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/13/2026
House
Introduced and read first time
12/16/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
12/16/2025
House
Prefiled
Sources
Record Created
Dec 18, 2025 10:23:10 AM
Record Updated
Mar 5, 2026 6:47:16 AM