SC H3046 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 32-2)
Status: Engrossed on April 2 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on April 2 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-15-375, Relating To Definitions Applicable To Certain Offenses Against Minors, So As To Revise Definitions And Add The Terms "identifiable Minor" And "morphed Image"; By Amending Section 16-15-395, Relating To First Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, So As To Include Morphed Images Of Identifiable Minors As An Offense; By Amending Section 16-15-405, Relating To Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, So As To Include Morphed Images Of Identifiable Minors As An Offense; By Amending Section 16-15-410, Relating To Third Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor; So As To Include Morphed Images Of Identifiable Minors As An Offense; By Amending Section 23-3-430, Relating To The Sex Offender Registry, So As To Include Those Guilty Of Criminal Exploitation Of A Minor In The First, Second, Or Third Degree As A Tier Ii Offender; 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; And By Amending Section 16-15-342, Relating To Criminal Solicitation Of A Minor, By Amending Section 16-15-387, Relating To Employment Of A Person Under Eighteen To Appear In Public In A State Of Sexually Explicit Nudity, And By Amending Section 44-48-30, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Sexually Violent Predator Act, All So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Title
Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, morphed images
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-04-01 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 96 N: 19 NV: 6 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 2025-04-02 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-19 |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers, Anderson, Gilliard |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Debate adjourned |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Anderson, Rivers |
| 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 | House | Debate adjourned |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gagnon |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Debate adjourned until Tue., 3-11-25 |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton, Hixon |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Debate adjourned until Thur., 3-6-25 |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow, Cromer, Gilreath |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-5-25 |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest |
| 2025-02-27 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey |
| 2025-02-26 | House | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary |
| 2025-02-26 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Wickensimer |
| 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 |
Same As/Similar To
H3043 (Similar To) 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
S0029 (Similar To) 2025-05-27 - Act No. 58
S0029 (Similar To) 2025-05-27 - Act No. 58
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 15 | 342 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 15 | 375 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 15 | 387 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 15 | 395 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 15 | 405 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 15 | 410 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 3 | 430 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 3 | 462 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 44 | 48 | 30 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
