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Committee votes: street-takeover amendment, child-exploitation penalties, social-media safeguards, donor-privacy, and more

March 24, 2026 | 2026 Legislative Meetings, South Carolina


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Committee votes: street-takeover amendment, child-exploitation penalties, social-media safeguards, donor-privacy, and more
Several bills on the committee agenda received favorable reports after amendment and recorded roll-call votes.

Key outcomes reported in the transcript include:

- H4292 (Martin amendment addressing street takeovers): Favorable report as amended — recorded in transcript as "By a vote of 22 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 not voting" following the amendment discussion.

- H4764 (local-federal immigration agreements): Favorable report as amended — recorded as 14 in favor, 8 opposed, and 3 not voting after extended debate and tabling of an amendment to remove a civil-immunity clause.

- H4804 (increasing penalties for certain child-exploitation offenses and refining image-tier sentencing): Committee adopted conforming amendments and reported it favorably as amended; transcript notes a favorable roll call (23 in favor, 0 opposed, 2 not voting).

- H4591 (Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media Act): Committee adopted clarifying technical amendments and reported H4591 favorably as amended (transcript shows 21 in favor, 0 opposed, 4 not voting). The bill sets rules for covered platforms, age estimation triggers, default privacy settings for child accounts, and enforcement mechanisms.

- H5075 (prohibiting public bodies from disclosing nonprofit donor lists under FOIA except in enumerated cases): The committee approved the subcommittee report and reported the bill favorably as amended (roll-call recorded in transcript).

- H3013 (guardian ad litem background checks for lay guardians): Subcommittee report approved and bill reported favorably with an annual SLED background-check requirement for lay guardians.

These recorded tallies and motions were taken from roll-call segments in the transcript; full recorded tallies are included in the meeting record. For bills that advance from committee, floor consideration and possible amendments remain the next procedural steps.

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