Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2025-12-16 00:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-395, RELATING TO FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM PENALTY TO FIVE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WHO VIOLATE THE STATUTE; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-405, RELATING TO SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM PENALTY TO THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WHO VIOLATE THE STATUTE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 16-15-410, RELATING TO THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, SO AS TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF IMAGES POSSESSED, INCLUDING A PENALTY OF UP TO TEN YEARS IF THERE ARE ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE IMAGES, ONE TO TEN YEARS IF THERE ARE TWENTY-SIX TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY IMAGES, AND A PENALTY OF TWO TO TEN YEARS IF THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY IMAGES; AND TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE YEARS FOR A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER WHO VIOLATES THE STATUTE - RATIFIED TITLE
Sponsors
- T. Moore (primary), primary
- Pope (primary), primary
- White (primary), primary
- Cromer (primary), primary
- Edgerton (primary), primary
- Burns (primary), primary
- Beach (primary), primary
- Morgan (primary), primary
- Terribile (primary), primary
- Pace (primary), primary
- Kilmartin (primary), primary
- Gilreath (primary), primary
- Magnuson (primary), primary
- Frank (primary), primary
- McCravy (primary), primary
- Hartz (primary), primary
- D. Mitchell (primary), primary
- Haddon (primary), primary
- Willis (primary), primary
- Vaughan (primary), primary
- Pedalino (primary), primary
- Chumley (primary), primary
- Govan (primary), primary
- Wickensimer (primary), primary
- Lastinger (primary), primary
- C. Mitchell (primary), primary
- Yow (primary), primary
- Guffey (primary), primary
- Bowers (primary), primary
- Ligon (primary), primary
- Chapman (primary), primary
- B. Newton (primary), primary
- W. Newton (primary), primary
- Forrest (primary), primary
- Oremus (primary), primary
- Gibson (primary), primary