SC H 3046

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Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, morphed images

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did SC H 3046 pass?

Not yet. SC H 3046 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-04-10): Referred to Committee on Judiciary

What is SC H 3046 about?

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-375, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST MINORS, SO AS TO REVISE DEFINITIONS AND ADD THE TERMS "IDENTIFIABLE MINOR" AND "MORPHED IMAGE"; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-395, RELATING TO FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS AS AN OFFENSE; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-405, RELATING TO SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS AS AN OFFENSE; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-410, RELATING TO THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR; SO AS TO INCLUDE MORPHED IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE MINORS AS AN OFFENSE; BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-430, RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, SO AS TO INCLUDE THOSE GUILTY OF CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR IN THE FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD DEGREE AS A TIER II OFFENDER; BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-462, RELATING TO TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO CLARIFY POSSIBLE TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS AND INCLUDE TIER I AND TIER II DESIGNATIONS FOR OUT-OF-STATE OR FEDERAL CONVICTIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-342, RELATING TO CRIMINAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-387, RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF A PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN TO APPEAR IN PUBLIC IN A STATE OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT NUDITY, AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-48-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR ACT, ALL SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES.

Who sponsors SC H 3046?

T. Moore, Lawson, Wooten and 31 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 3046.

Description

Introduced: 2025-01-14
Latest action: 2025-04-10 — Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-04-10
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-02
Read third time and sent to Senate
passage,reading-3
2025-04-01
Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-19
2025-04-01
Read second time
reading-2
2025-04-01
Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Rivers, Anderson, Gilliard
2025-04-01
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley
2025-03-27
Debate adjourned
2025-03-27
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Anderson, Rivers
2025-03-26
Debate adjourned
2025-03-26
Requests for debate-Rep(s). B Newton, Forrest, BL Cox, Martin, Ligon, Taylor, Whitmire, Yow, Hager
2025-03-26
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
2025-03-25
Debate adjourned
2025-03-25
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis
2025-03-11
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
2025-03-06
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gagnon
2025-03-06
Debate adjourned until Tue., 3-11-25
2025-03-06
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton, Hixon
2025-03-05
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
2025-03-05
Debate adjourned until Thur., 3-6-25
2025-03-04
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow, Cromer, Gilreath
2025-03-04
Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-5-25
2025-03-04
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
2025-02-27
Scrivener's error corrected
2025-02-27
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
2025-02-26
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-26
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Wickensimer
2025-02-18
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
2025-01-28
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Gibson, Burns, Edgerton
2025-01-16
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
2025-01-14
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-01-14
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-12-05
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2024-12-05
Prefiled
filing

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Votes

Passage of Bill
2025-04-01 · pass · 96-19
Member-level votes (122)
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Beach, Thomas: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Bradley, Jeff: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: yes
- Burns, James Mikell: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Chumley, William M.: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Bobby J.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: yes
- Cromer, April: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Duncan, Adam L.: yes
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Frank, Stephen D.: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
- Gibson, Daniel: yes
- Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: yes
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Guffey, Brandon: yes
- Haddon, Patrick B.: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hardee, Kevin: yes
- Harris, Robert J.: yes
- Hart, Christopher R.: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Herbkersman, William G.: yes
- Hewitt, Lee: yes
- Hiott, David R.: yes
- Hixon, William M.: yes
- Holman, Harriet A.: yes
- Huff, William C.: yes
- Johnson, Jeffrey E.: yes
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: yes
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: yes
- Landing, Kathy: yes
- Lawson, M. Brian: yes
- Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
- Long, Steven Wayne: yes
- Magnuson, Josiah: yes
- Martin, David: yes
- May, Robert J., III: yes
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: yes
- McCravy, John R., III: yes
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
- Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, JA: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
- Pace, Jordan S.: yes
- Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
- Pope, Thomas E.: yes
- Rankin, Luke S.: yes
- Robbins, Robby: yes
- Rose, Seth: yes
- Sanders, Richard Blake: yes
- Schuessler, Carla: yes
- Sessions, Heath: yes
- Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
- Smith, Marvin: yes
- Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: yes
- Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: yes
- Taylor, Bill: yes
- Teeple, James E.: yes
- Terribile, Jackie R.: yes
- Vaughan, David: yes
- Weeks, J. David: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- White, Joseph S.: yes
- Whitmire, William R.: yes
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
- Willis, Mark N.: yes
- Wooten, Chris: yes
- Yow, Richard L.: yes
- Anderson, Carl L.: no
- Bamberg, Justin T.: no
- Clyburn, William: no
- Dillard, Chandra E.: no
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: no
- Grant, Hamilton R.: no
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Hosey, Lonnie: no
- Howard, Leon: no
- Jones, Wendell K.: no
- King, John Richard C.: no
- Kirby, Roger K.: no
- Luck, Jason: no
- McDaniel, Annie E.: no
- Reese, Robert T.: no
- Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: no
- Rutherford, J. Todd: no
- Waters, Courtney S.: no
- Williams, Robert Q.: no
- Gatch, Gil: excused
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Alexander, Terry: excused
- Atkinson, Lucas: excused
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: excused
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
- Lowe, Phillip D.: excused
- Neese, Mike M.: excused

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