republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-28.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	AI Child Abuse	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-390 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OBSCENE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, DEFINE TERMS, AND ESTABLISH PENALTIES; BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-430, RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, SO AS TO ADD THE OFFENSE OF OBSCENE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-462, RELATING TO TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 28	South Carolina S 28 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Adams Alexander Campsen Chaplin Climer Cromer Devine Elliott Fernandez Garrett Goldfinch Graham Hutto Jackson Kennedy Leber Ott Reichenbach Rice Sutton Turner Verdin Young Zell	13	40	8	2024-12-11	2025-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6532e8ac-95b8-4e9f-99eb-abb42317d616	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=28&session=126&summary=B	0f5131511d7a6d238fe70808de36be72146c6a9ee1ade7e6bb473d12df110980	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 28 (2025-2026) — AI Child Abuse

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-390 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OBSCENE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, DEFINE TERMS, AND ESTABLISH PENALTIES; BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-430, RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, SO AS TO ADD THE OFFENSE OF OBSCENE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-462, RELATING TO TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/05/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/11/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 02/13/2025 (committee substitute) — source
8. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
10. 05/02/2025 (committee substitute) — source
11. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
12. 05/08/2025 (committee substitute) — source
13. 12/11/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• to adopt amendment — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• to lay on the table — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 105–1 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–107 (fail) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Alexander — primary (person)
• Campsen — primary (person)
• Chaplin — primary (person)
• Climer — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Devine — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Fernandez — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Goldfinch — primary (person)
• Graham — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Kennedy — primary (person)
• Leber — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Reichenbach — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Verdin — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-11 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-11 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
• 2025-01-17 Referred to Subcommittee: Adams (ch), Reichenbach, Devine, Kennedy, Stubbs
• 2025-02-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-11 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-02-11 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-12 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2025-02-18 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2025-02-19 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-19 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2025-05-01 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-05-02 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-02 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-06 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2025-05-06 Returned to House with amendments
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2025-05-08 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
• 2025-05-08 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-107
• 2025-05-08 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Hutto, Kimbrell, Adams
• 2025-05-08 Conference committee appointed T Moore, Wetmore, McCabe
• 2025-05-08 Conference report adopted
• 2025-05-08 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1
• 2025-05-08 Conference report adopted
• 2025-05-08 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2025-05-08 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2025-05-20 Ratified R 82
• 2025-05-22 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-27 Effective date 05/22/25
• 2025-05-27 Act No. 57

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6532e8ac-95b8-4e9f-99eb-abb42317d616. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).