republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3431.md

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Bill	South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 80 TO TITLE 39 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COVERED ONLINE SERVICE SHALL EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE IN THE USE OF MINORS' PERSONAL DATA, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERED ONLINE SERVICES, TO RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF PERSONAL DATA OF A MINOR THAT MAY BE COLLECTED, TO PROVIDE FOR PARENTAL CONTROLS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3431	South Carolina H 3431 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bernstein Bradley Calhoon Crawford Erickson Govan Guffey M.M. Smith Martin McCravy Pedalino Pope Robbins T. Moore W. Newton Wooten	12	40	7	2024-12-05	2026-02-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2bad4d97-c6a1-4e27-b544-f0b6193a1bf5	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3431&session=126&summary=B	0735096e8adc7afe24db15e0bfd7121914a17dbab1cf3180395065843c2641b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3431 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 80 TO TITLE 39 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COVERED ONLINE SERVICE SHALL EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE IN THE USE OF MINORS' PERSONAL DATA, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERED ONLINE SERVICES, TO RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF PERSONAL DATA OF A MINOR THAT MAY BE COLLECTED, TO PROVIDE FOR PARENTAL CONTROLS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/14/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/13/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/18/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 02/21/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/24/2025 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
10. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
11. 05/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
12. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Table Amendment 2 — 91–15 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 3 — 72–30 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 90–17 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 89–14 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Amendment 1A — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-05 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-05 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bernstein, Guffey, Govan
• 2025-02-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T.Moore, Erickson, Bradley
• 2025-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus, Hartz, Calhoon, M.M.Smith
• 2025-02-18 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-19 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Oremus
• 2025-02-18 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Hartz
• 2025-02-19 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Bamberg, Cromer, Gilreath, Edgerton, Magnuson, Morgan, King, Hart, Gilliaard, Rivers, White
• 2025-02-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Crawford
• 2025-02-19 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Roll call Yeas-90 Nays-17
• 2025-02-20 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-20 Roll call Yeas-89 Nays-14
• 2025-02-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-26 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-05-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2025-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-06 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2025-05-12 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-01-14 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2026-01-14 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2026-01-14 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2026-01-21 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2026-02-03 Ratified R 100
• 2026-02-05 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-06 Effective date 02/05/26
• 2026-02-06 Act No. 96

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bad4d97-c6a1-4e27-b544-f0b6193a1bf5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).