republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3424.md

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Bill	Child Online Safety Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 37-1-310 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT A COMMERCIAL ENTITY THAT PUBLISHES CERTAIN OBSCENE MATERIAL ONLINE MAY BE HELD LIABLE FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A COMMERCIAL ENTITY TO MAKE A PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITE AVAILABLE TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY SEEK INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3424	South Carolina H 3424 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B. Newton B.J. Cox B.L. Cox Bailey Ballentine Beach Blackwell Bradley Brewer Brittain Burns Calhoon Carter Chapman Chumley Connell Cromer Davis Elliott Erickson Felder Forrest Gilliam Guest Guffey Haddon Hager Harris Hiott Hixon Hyde J.E. Johnson Kilmartin Lawson Ligon Long M.M. Smith Magnuson McCravy Mitchell Moss Murphy Nutt O'Neal Oremus Ott Pace Pope Robbins Schuessler Sessions T. Moore Taylor Vaughan W. Newton Wheeler Willis Wooten Yow	9	38	4	2022-12-08	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/819ed8f0-3b44-4233-829c-0a5a99310f83	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3424&session=125&summary=B	f156b1c9072e76a423881fabf3f3311ae944d98882e7d893cbef7cc2bcd4bd3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3424 (2023-2024) — Child Online Safety Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 37-1-310 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT A COMMERCIAL ENTITY THAT PUBLISHES CERTAIN OBSCENE MATERIAL ONLINE MAY BE HELD LIABLE FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A COMMERCIAL ENTITY TO MAKE A PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITE AVAILABLE TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY SEEK INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/24/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/31/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/02/2024 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/02/2024-A (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/09/2024 (committee substitute) — source
9. 12/08/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 104–1 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Amendment 1A — 100–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 113–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• B.J. Cox — primary (person)
• B.L. Cox — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Beach — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Connell — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Harris — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Hyde — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Kilmartin — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Moss — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Nutt — primary (person)
• O'Neal — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Pace — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-08 Prefiled filing
• 2022-12-08 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
• 2023-01-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Nutt
• 2023-01-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus
• 2024-01-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long, Vaughan, Haddon, Burns, Chumley, Kilmartin, Cromer, O'Neal, Yow, Gilliam, W.Newton
• 2024-01-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Schuessler
• 2024-01-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Moss, Magnuson, Harris, Pace
• 2024-01-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brittain, Bailey, Robbins, Sessions, Ligon, Felder, B.L.Cox, Guffey
• 2024-01-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bradley, Murphy, Brewer, Connell, Hiott, Mitchell, Erickson, Hager, Erickson, B.J.Cox, Blackwell, Wooten, Ballentine, Hyde, Wheeler, Calhoon
• 2024-01-25 Requests for debate-Rep(s). W. Newton, Hiott, McCravy, Felder, T. Moore, Guest, Guffey, Hyde, Nutt, Ligon, Carter, B. Newton, J. Moore, Pope, Bernstein, Forrest, Ott, Gatch, Robbins, Jefferson, Brewer, Murphy, Sandifer
• 2024-01-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis, B.Newton, Elliott, Forrest
• 2024-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis, Hixon, Taylor, J.E.Johnson, Chapman, Ott
• 2024-01-31 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-1
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-1
• 2024-02-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-01 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-05-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-02 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-05-02 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-1
• 2024-05-09 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2024-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 206
• 2024-05-21 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/21/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 198

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/819ed8f0-3b44-4233-829c-0a5a99310f83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).