republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4591.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "STOP HARM FROM ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA (SHASM) ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 5, TITLE 39 SO AS TO REQUIRE COVERED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO USE REASONABLE MEANS TO ESTIMATE THE AGE OF CERTAIN ACCOUNT HOLDERS, TO VERIFY THE AGE OF CERTAIN ACCOUNT HOLDERS, TO CREATE DEFAULT ACCOUNT SETTINGS FOR CERTAIN USERS, AND TO CREATE CERTAIN PARENTAL CONSENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4591	South Carolina H 4591 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Brewer Calhoon Chapman Ford Gibson Govan Guffey Hewitt Huff Lastinger Lawson Ligon Martin Oremus Pedalino Pope Robbins Schuessler Sessions T. Moore Terribile W. Newton Wickensimer	9	31	3	2025-12-16	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/9e781487-cd8f-4b02-867f-a1791f243f2c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4591&session=126&summary=B	666ea6b24408faedd7609de858277833f9cc6f974056f4f2cfaf2c2df530fdc4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4591 (2025-2026) — Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "STOP HARM FROM ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA (SHASM) ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 5, TITLE 39 SO AS TO REQUIRE COVERED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO USE REASONABLE MEANS TO ESTIMATE THE AGE OF CERTAIN ACCOUNT HOLDERS, TO VERIFY THE AGE OF CERTAIN ACCOUNT HOLDERS, TO CREATE DEFAULT ACCOUNT SETTINGS FOR CERTAIN USERS, AND TO CREATE CERTAIN PARENTAL CONSENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/26/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/31/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/31/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/12/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/14/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/14/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
9. 12/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 42–1 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brewer — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Ford — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Huff — primary (person)
• Lastinger — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Terribile — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wickensimer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2025-12-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler, Sessions
• 2026-01-22 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T.Moore, Chapman, Lawson, Brewer, Ford, Pedalino, Ligon, Robbins
• 2026-01-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Terribile, Huff
• 2026-02-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Wickensimer
• 2026-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
• 2026-03-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-03-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Hewitt, Calhoon, Gibson
• 2026-03-31 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2026-04-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-01 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2026-05-12 Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
• 2026-05-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-14 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-14 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-14 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-1
• 2026-05-14 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-14 Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 251
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 01/01/27
• 2026-06-03 Act No. 237

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e781487-cd8f-4b02-867f-a1791f243f2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).