South Carolina H 3424 (Child Online Safety Act)

South Carolina, United StatesSC H 3424Updated May 21, 2024

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Became Law

In force

South Carolina's adult-site age check, the Child Online Safety Act, which took effect the moment the governor signed it.

Latest update

Signed into law and took effect (Act 198)

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Key facts

Where
South Carolina, United States
Bill number
SC H 3424
Status
Law
Threat
High
Last update
May 21, 2024

Topics

Age VerificationDigital ID

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What it does

South Carolina's Child Online Safety Act makes it unlawful for a commercial site more than a third harmful to minors to reach state residents without a reasonable age check confirming a visitor is 18. A minor, through a parent, can sue for damages, and a site that keeps a user's identifying data after granting access faces separate liability. It took effect on signing.

What’s at stake

With more than fifty House cosponsors and near-unanimous votes, this passed as a formality, and it went live with no runway for sites to adapt. South Carolina now runs this alongside its Age-Appropriate Design Code, covering adult sites and mainstream services at once.

Our take

South Carolina passed the porn-site check almost unanimously and made it effective the day it was signed. A vote that lopsided on ID-to-view shows the age-verification fight is not close in most statehouses anymore.

Timeline

  1. Signed into law and took effect (Act 198)Latest

The record

Sponsor

Rep. Travis Moore

Votes

  • House: Passed (113 to 1), February 1, 2024
  • Senate: Passed (43 to 0), May 8, 2024
  • House: Concurred (100 to 1), May 9, 2024