2025-2026 Regular SessionSouth Carolina Legislature

S0268: Children and Social Media

Legislative Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 80 To Title 39 So As To Provide That A Covered Online Service Shall Take Care In The Use Of A Minor's Personal Data And In The Design And Implementation Of The Service To Prevent Harm To Minors, To Provide That The Online Service Must Provide Minors With Easily Accessible Tools To Limit Time Spent On The Service And Protect Personal Data, To Provide Limits On How Much Of A Minor's Data The Service May Collect And Restrict The Use Of Such Data, To Provide That Online Services Must Offer Parents Tools To Help Them Protect Minors Using The Service And To Enable Them To Report Harms To Minors On Online Services, To Provide That Online Services Must Issue A Public Report On The Service's Practices Pertaining To Minors, And To Define Necessary Terms.

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Bill History

1/28/2025
Introduced and read first time
Senate
1/28/2025
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Senate
4/24/2025
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/28/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Sean Bennett
Sean Bennett
Republican

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text4/24/202550.0 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/28/202540.9 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/18/2025181.6 KB