This chapter is an expression of the concern of the State for the promotion of harmony and the betterment of human affairs. The General Assembly declares the practice of discrimination against an individual because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability as a matter of state concern and declares that this discrimination is unlawful and in conflict with the ideals of South Carolina and the nation, as this discrimination interferes with opportunities of the individual to receive employment and to develop according to the individual's own ability and is degrading to human dignity. The General Assembly further declares that to alleviate these problems a state agency is created which shall seek to eliminate and prevent discrimination because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-13-20
Declaration of policy
Known as the South Carolina Human Affairs Law
The act spans §§ 1–1 (12 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Robinson v. BGM America, Inc. (2013)
Most recently applied in 247 F. Supp. 3d 734 - Clark v. School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties (March 2017)
1962 Code SECTION 1-360.22; 1972 (57) 2651; 1979 Act No. 24, SECTION 1; 1996 Act No. 426, SECTION 2.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.