South Carolina Senate Bill 1008: Negligent Security

South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session

What it does

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 3, Title 27, So As To Define Terms Related To Negligent Security; To Provide That An Owner Or Occupier Shall Be Held Liable For Negligent Security Arising From Any Injury Sustained By A Person Upon The Owner Or Occupier's Premises If The Plaintiff Proves The Injury Was Foreseeable And Other Facts; To Provide Situations In Which An Owner Or Occupier Shall Be Held Liable For Negligent Security Sustained By Any Person Upon The Premises By A Third Person; To Provide Exceptions; To Provide That No Owner Or Occupier Is Required To Exercise Extraordinary Care To Keep People On The Premises Safe From Their Wrongful Conduct; To Provide Standards Of Negligent Security For Security Contractors; To Outline Provisions For Trial, Liability, And Relief For Suits Arising From Negligent Security Claims; And To Limit Remedies For Negligent Security Against Owners And Occupiers To The Provisions In This Act.

Latest action

Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2026-03-12)

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