South Carolina House Bill 3045

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 30-8)
Status: Engrossed on April 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate 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 Necessary 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 Clarify Possible Termination Requirements And Include Tier I And Tier Ii Designations For Out-of-state Or Federal Convictions.

Obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse

Rep. Travis Moore [R]	Rep. Brian Lawson [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]
Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. Don Chapman [R]	Rep. Tiffany Spann-Wilder [D]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]
Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. David Vaughan [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]	Rep. Luke Rankin [R]
Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. Daniel Gibson [R]	Rep. James Burns [R]
Rep. Sarita Edgerton [R]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Brandon Guffey [R]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]
Rep. Paul Wickensimer [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]	Rep. Carla Schuessler [R]	Rep. Brandon Cox [R]
Rep. Harriet Holman [R]	Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]	Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers [D]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]
Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]	Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Robert Williams [D]	Rep. April Cromer [R]
Rep. Lee Gilreath [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]
Rep. Mark Willis [R]	Rep. David Weeks [D]

2025-04-03 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 91 N: 7 NV: 20 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-04-02 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 76 N: 20 NV: 20 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2025-04-02 - House - House: Recede Until 8:00 P.m. (Y: 20 N: 80 NV: 18 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2025-04-02 - House - House: Recede For The Day (Y: 26 N: 74 NV: 17 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2025-04-02 - House - House: Adjourn For The Day (Y: 29 N: 74 NV: 15 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2025-04-02 - House - House: Recommit (Y: 39 N: 68 NV: 11 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2025-04-02 - House - House: Adjourn For The Day (Y: 27 N: 77 NV: 14 Abs: 5) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-04-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2025-04-04		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-04-03	House	Roll call Yeas-xxx Nays-xxx
2025-04-03	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2025-04-02	House	Roll call Yeas-76 Nays-20
2025-04-02	House	Read second time
2025-04-02	House	Amended
2025-04-02	House	Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers
2025-04-02	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis, Weeks
2025-04-01	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams, Cromer, Gilreath, Hixon, Erickson, Bradley
2025-03-27	House	Debate adjourned
2025-03-27	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Rivers, Anderson
2025-03-26	House	Debate adjourned
2025-03-26	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2025-03-26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
2025-03-25		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-03-25	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
2025-03-20	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2025-03-05	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Schuessler, B.L.Cox, Holman, Davis
2025-02-26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wickensimer
2025-02-25	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
2025-02-18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
2025-01-28	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Gibson, Burns, Edgerton
2025-01-16	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
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

H3620 (Similar To) 2025-03-05 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
S0028 (Similar To) 2025-05-27 - Act No. 57

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=3045&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3045_20241205.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3045_20250320.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3045_20250325.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3045_20250402.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3045_20250404.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/H3045%202025-01-14%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25741
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25742
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25743
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25744
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25745
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25747
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25762