South Carolina House Bill 4542

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-10 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 5, Title 39 So As To Provide Definitions, To Provide That A Covered Platform Operator May Not Upload Or Allow A User To Upload Certain Pornographic Images Without Certain Verification, To Provide That A Covered Platform Operator Must Establish Certain Procedures, To Provide That Certain Images May Not Be Uploaded Without Consent, To Provide For Civil Penalties, To Provide For Criminal Penalties, To Establish A Legislative Committee, And To Provide That The Attorney General Shall Create Certain Consent Forms.

Online technological exploitation

Rep. Brandon Guffey [R]	Rep. Ashley Trantham [R]	Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]
Rep. Raye Felder [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-10	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-09	House	Introduced and read first time
2023-12-20		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-11-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-11-16	House	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4542&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4542_20231116.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4542_20231220.htm