South Carolina Senate Bill 28

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-6)
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-19 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-15-390 So As To Create The Offense Of Obscene Visual Representations Of Child Sexual Abuse, Define Terms, And Establish Penalties; By Amending Section 23-3-430, Relating To The Sex Offender Registry, So As To Add The Offense Of Obscene Visual Representations Of Child Sexual Abuse To The Sex Offender Registry; And By Amending Section 23-3-462, Relating To Termination Of Registration Requirements, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

AI Child Abuse

Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]	Sen. Mike Reichenbach [R]	Sen. Stephen Goldfinch [R]	Sen. Matthew Leber [R]
Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]	Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Tom Fernandez [R]
Sen. George Campsen [R]	Sen. JD Chaplin [R]	Sen. Tameika Devine [D]	Sen. Brian Adams [R]
Sen. Thomas Young [R]	Sen. Billy Garrett [R]	Sen. Jason Elliott [R]	Sen. Ross Turner [R]
Sen. Russell Ott [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Graham [D]	Sen. Ed Sutton [D]	Sen. Ronnie Cromer [R]
Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Carlisle Kennedy [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]	Sen. Jeff Zell [R]

2025-02-18 - Senate - Senate: 3rd Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 4a (Y: 27 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-02-19	House	Introduced and read first time
2025-02-18	Senate	Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
2025-02-18	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2025-02-13	Senate	Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
2025-02-13	Senate	Read second time
2025-02-13	Senate	Amended
2025-02-12	Senate	Amended
2025-02-11	Senate	Amended
2025-02-11	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2025-02-06		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-02-05	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Adams (ch), Reichenbach, Devine, Kennedy, Stubbs
2025-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-12-11	Senate	Prefiled

H3045 (Similar To) 2025-02-18 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
H3620 (Similar To) 2025-02-06 - Committee report: Favorable Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	15	390	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	3	430	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	3	462	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0028&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20241211.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20250205.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20250205A.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20250206.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20250211.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20250212.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/28_20250213.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0028%202025-01-14%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25207
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25210
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25213