South Carolina House Bill 4675

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Community Data Protection And Responsible Surveillance Act" So As To Provide No State Or Local Entity May Participate In Any Surveillance System That Stores Surveillance Data On Third Party Servers Or Use Artificial Intelligence Or Automated Systems To Track Vehicles Under Certain Circumstances, To Provide For Surveillance Data Retention And Storage, And Judicial Oversight, To Provide For The Publishing Of Certain Annual Reports, And To Provide Penalties.

Video Surveillance

Rep. Jay Kilmartin [R]

Rep. William Chumley [R]

Rep. Sarita Edgerton [R]

Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-01-13	House	Introduced and read first time
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-12-16	House	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4675&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4675_20251217.htm