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type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Records"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-13-142 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO ISSUE ORDERS AND WARRANTS FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE A SUBPOENA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN STORED SUBSCRIBER OR CUSTOMER INFORMATION RELEVANT AND MATERIAL TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 74"
citation: "South Carolina S 74 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Climer", "Elliott", "Garrett", "Graham", "Hembree", "Kennedy", "Kimbrell", "Leber", "Ott", "Zell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-11"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb33b8b0-4be6-40e4-acc3-f618586708a5"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=74&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "9eac3de23d07865dd4c8ce4620a2208c38ec1b3aa1ad69ac0662da6ed08ffb8d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina S 74 (2025-2026) — Electronic Records
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-13-142 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO ISSUE ORDERS AND WARRANTS FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE A SUBPOENA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN STORED SUBSCRIBER OR CUSTOMER INFORMATION RELEVANT AND MATERIAL TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE. - RATIFIED TITLE
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/74.htm)
2. **01/27/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250127.htm)
3. **01/27/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250127a.htm)
4. **02/05/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250205.htm)
5. **03/20/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250320.htm)
6. **04/23/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250423.htm)
7. **04/24/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250424.htm)
8. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20250506.htm)
9. **12/11/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/74_20241211.htm)
## Votes
- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Table Amendment 4 — **36–63** (fail) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- to adopt amendment — **45–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Climer — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Garrett — primary (person)
- Graham — primary (person)
- Hembree — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kimbrell — primary (person)
- Leber — primary (person)
- Ott — 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`
- **2025-02-05** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2025-02-12** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Requests for debate-Rep(s). B Newton, Jordan, Ligon, BL Cox, Martin, Gibson, Lawson, Guffey, Holman, Guest, Mitchell
- **2025-03-27** Debate adjourned
- **2025-04-09** Debate adjourned until Thur., 4-10-25
- **2025-04-10** Debate adjourned
- **2025-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2025-04-24** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Scrivener's error corrected
- **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** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2025-05-08** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
- **2025-05-20** Ratified R 84
- **2025-05-22** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date 05/22/25
- **2025-05-27** Act No. 59
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb33b8b0-4be6-40e4-acc3-f618586708a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).