South Carolina House Bill 3249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 15, Title 16 Entitled The "human Trafficking And Child Exploitation Prevention Act" So As To Require A Business, Manufacturer, Wholesaler, Or Individual That Manufactures, Distributes, Or Sells A Product That Makes Content Accessible On The Internet To Install And Operate A Digital Blocking Capability That Renders Obscenity Inaccessible And To Set Minimum Requirements For The Blocking Capability; To Establish A Procedure For The Consumer To Deactivate The Digital Blocking Capability; To Allow A Reporting System To Unblock Content That Is Not Obscene, Such As Social Media Websites, And Authorize A Consumer To Seek Judicial Relief If The Filtered Content Is Not Unblocked Within A Reasonable Time; To Establish Criminal Penalties For A Business Or Individual That Violates This Article; To Authorize The Attorney General To Seek Injunctive Relief Against A Business, Manufacturer, Wholesaler, Or Individual That Manufactures, Distributes, Or Sells Any Products In This State Without A Digital Blocking Capability, To Establish That A Consumer Or The Attorney General May File A Suit Against A Party That Is Unresponsive To A Report Of Obscene Material Breaching The Filter And To Prescribe Damages For Each Violation.

Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention

Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]	Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. Chip Huggins [R]
Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]	Rep. Garry Smith [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Johnson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
2019-01-31	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: G.R.Smith
2019-01-23	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins, Loftis
2019-01-22	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hiott
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2018-12-18	House	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3249&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3249_20181218.htm