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Bill	MPIC	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-375, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE DISSEMINATION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL TO MINORS, SO AS TO DEFINE "IDENTIFIABLE MINOR" AND "MORPHED IMAGE"; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-395, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-405, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-410, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-412 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR ARREST WARRANTS WHEN THE OFFENSE INCLUDES MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-430, RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, SO AS TO INCLUDE THOSE GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS IN THE FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD DEGREE ON THE APPROPRIATE TIERS OF THE 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 29	South Carolina S 29 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Adams Alexander Campsen Chaplin Cromer Devine Elliott Fernandez Garrett Goldfinch Graham Hutto Jackson Kennedy Leber Ott Reichenbach Rice Turner Verdin Young	13	40	6	2024-12-11	2025-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f2c07797-f7e0-4930-9c8c-9077563b2d4b	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=29&session=126&summary=B	cc6d3f0764ba44366d5fb6863302b8d08b2626e06d012944133f3dbae508935d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 29 (2025-2026) — MPIC

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-375, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE DISSEMINATION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL TO MINORS, SO AS TO DEFINE "IDENTIFIABLE MINOR" AND "MORPHED IMAGE"; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-395, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-405, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-410, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-412 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR ARREST WARRANTS WHEN THE OFFENSE INCLUDES MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS; BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-430, RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, SO AS TO INCLUDE THOSE GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS IN THE FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD DEGREE ON THE APPROPRIATE TIERS OF THE 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. 01/15/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/21/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 02/25/2025 (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

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–105 (fail) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• to adopt — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Alexander — primary (person)
• Campsen — primary (person)
• Chaplin — 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)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Verdin — primary (person)
• Young — 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
• 2025-01-15 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-01-17 Referred to Subcommittee: Adams (ch), Reichenbach, Devine, Kennedy, Stubbs
• 2025-01-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-12 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-02-12 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-12 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2025-02-13 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-19 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Scrivener's error corrected
• 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-109 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 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2025-05-06 Returned to House with amendments
• 2025-05-08 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
• 2025-05-08 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-105
• 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-98 Nays-0
• 2025-05-08 Conference report adopted
• 2025-05-08 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2025-05-08 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2025-05-20 Ratified R 83
• 2025-05-22 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-27 Effective date 05/22/25
• 2025-05-27 Act No. 58

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2c07797-f7e0-4930-9c8c-9077563b2d4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).