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2025-2026 Bill 4744: Department of Employment and Workforce communications requirements - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4744
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. T. Moore, C. Mitchell and Schuessler
Document Path: LC-0562WAB26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House
Summary: Department of Employment and Workforce communications requirements
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
12/16/2025
House
Prefiled
12/16/2025
House
Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
1/13/2026
House
Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 75
)
1/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
(
House Journal-page 75
)
1/21/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025
A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
41-27-660
SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE TO SEND
CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PHYSICAL
MAILINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION
41-27-315
SO AS TO PROVIDE A NECESSARY
DEFINITION.
B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
S
ECTION 1.
A
rticle 5, Chapter 27, Title 41 of the S.C. Code is
amended by adding:
S
ection
41-27-660
. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the Department of
Employment and Workforce is authorized to send by electronic means any report,
notice, demand, bill, or other communication or item that is statutorily
required in Chapters 27 through 41 to be mailed. Any reference to a requirement
that something be mailed must be construed to mean it may be sent physically by
the United States Postal Service or a commercial or courier or electronically
or digitally by electronic transmission, including email or other digital
messaging systems.
S
ECTION 2.
A
rticle 1, Chapter 27, Title 41 of the S.C. Code is
amended by adding:
S
ection
41-27-315
.
"
Mailed" means sent to a recipient:
(
1)
physically by the United States Postal Service or a private or commercial
courier; or
(
2)
electronically or digitally by electronic transmission, including email or
other digital messaging systems. Any reference to a requirement in this chapter
that a report, notice, demand, bill, or other item be mailed must be construed
to mean it may be transmitted physically as provided in item (1) or
electronically as provided in this item.
S
ECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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