South Carolina House Bill 3042

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-17-470, Relating To The Crimes Of Eavesdropping, Peeping, And Voyeurism, So As To Incorporate The Realistic But False Images, Recordings, Or Digital Electronic Files Created Or Altered Using Generative Adversarial Network Techniques Or Other Digital Technology, To Increase Penalties For Violations, To Require Law Enforcement Agencies To Destroy Items When No Longer Needed As Evidence, And To Require Notification Of Additional Potential Victims By Law Enforcement Agencies.

Eavesdropping, Peeping, and Voyeurism

Rep. Brandon Guffey [R]	Rep. Brian Lawson [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]
Rep. Don Chapman [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Hamilton Grant [D]
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-14	House	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-05	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-12-05	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	17	470	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3042&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3042_20241205.htm