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Bill	Law Enforcement and Judicial Personal Info Protection	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 30 SO AS TO ENACT THE "LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT", TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE OPTION OF MAKING PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION HELD BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE, AND TO PROVIDE LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE RELATED PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISING THIS OPTION, AMONG OTHER THINGS; TO PROVIDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY SHALL CREATE A FORM FOR USE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHEN REQUESTING NONDISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION, AND TO SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORM; BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 30 SO AS TO ENACT THE "JUDICIAL PERSONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT", TO GIVE ACTIVE OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY THE OPTION OF MAKING PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION HELD BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE, TO PROVIDE LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISING THIS OPTION, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND TO PROVIDE SOUTH CAROLINA COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL CREATE A FORM FOR USE BY ACTIVE OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY WHEN REQUESTING NONDISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION, AND TO SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORM. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 252	South Carolina S 252 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Adams Garrett Kimbrell M. Johnson Malloy Reichenbach Senn	11	30	3	2022-11-30	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b4605c68-da6c-47e5-922f-477c866e780f	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=252&session=125&summary=B	b3fa6aa70ee4633443a6f0dc7b5c6b05f69d1d820586b36ad0255b75812ac2de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 252 (2023-2024) — Law Enforcement and Judicial Personal Info Protection

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 30 SO AS TO ENACT THE "LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT", TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE OPTION OF MAKING PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION HELD BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE, AND TO PROVIDE LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE RELATED PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISING THIS OPTION, AMONG OTHER THINGS; TO PROVIDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY SHALL CREATE A FORM FOR USE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHEN REQUESTING NONDISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION, AND TO SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORM; BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 30 SO AS TO ENACT THE "JUDICIAL PERSONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT", TO GIVE ACTIVE OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY THE OPTION OF MAKING PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION HELD BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE, TO PROVIDE LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISING THIS OPTION, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND TO PROVIDE SOUTH CAROLINA COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL CREATE A FORM FOR USE BY ACTIVE OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY WHEN REQUESTING NONDISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION, AND TO SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORM. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/15/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/21/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/22/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/28/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/04/2023 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/05/2023 (committee substitute) — source
10. 05/08/2023 (committee substitute) — source
11. 11/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• to concur — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Kimbrell — primary (person)
• M. Johnson — primary (person)
• Malloy — primary (person)
• Reichenbach — primary (person)
• Senn — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-11-30 Prefiled filing
• 2022-11-30 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-10 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-12 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Matthews, Rice, Senn, Adams
• 2023-03-03 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Matthews, Rice, Senn, Adams
• 2023-03-15 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-21 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-03-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-28 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-28 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2023-03-29 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-29 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-30 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2023-05-04 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2023-05-05 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-10 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2023-05-10 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2023-05-17 Ratified R 65
• 2023-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-26 Effective date 07/01/2024
• 2023-05-26 Act No. 56

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4605c68-da6c-47e5-922f-477c866e780f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).