South Carolina Senate Bill 506

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "protection Of Minors From Pornography And Obscenities Act" By Amending Section 16-15-375, Relating To Definitions Applicable To The Article Regarding Obscenity Laws, So As To Amend The Definitions Of "harmful To Minors" And "material" To Include Any Portion Of Materials And Performances That May Be Considered Obscene, And To Define The Term "profane Language"; And By Amending Section 16-15-385, Relating To The Offenses Of Disseminating Harmful Material To Minors And Exhibiting Harmful Performances To Minors, Defenses, And Penalties, So As To Limit The Affirmative Defense Provided By The Statute Only To The Teaching Of Age-appropriate Sex Education And Human Biology Curriculum.

Protection of Minors from Pornography and Obscenities Act

Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Michael Johnson [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]
Sen. Danny Verdin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-02-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H3706 (Similar To) 2023-01-17 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
H3826 (Similar To) 2023-02-08 - Scrivener's error corrected

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	15	375	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	15	385	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0506&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/506_20230208.htm