South Carolina House Bill 3003 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-04-05 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "human Trafficking Prevention Act", To Require A Business, Manufacturer, Wholesaler, Or Individual That Manufactures, Distributes, Or Sells A Product That Makes Content Accessible On The Internet To Install And Operate A Digital Blocking Capability That Renders Obscenity Inaccessible And To Set Minimum Requirements For The Blocking Capability; To Establish A Procedure For The Consumer To Deactivate The Digital Blocking Capability; To Allow A Reporting System To Unblock Content That Is Not Obscene, Such As Social Media Websites, And Authorize A Consumer To Seek Judicial Relief If The Filtered Content Is Not Unblocked Within A Reasonable Time; To Establish Criminal Penalties For A Business Or Individual That Violates This Article; To Authorize The Attorney General To Seek Injunctive Relief Against A Business, Manufacturer, Wholesaler Or Individual That Manufactures, Distributes, Or Sells Any Products In This State Without A Digital Blocking Capability, To Establish That A Consumer Or The Attorney General May File A Suit Against A Party That Is Unresponsive To A Report Of Obscene Material Breaching The Filter And To Prescribe Damages For Each Violation.

Human Trafficking Prevention Act

Rep. James Burns [R]	Rep. William Chumley [R]	Rep. William Wheeler [D]	Rep. Michael Pitts [R]
Rep. Dennis Moss [R]	Rep. Richard Martin [R]	Rep. Laurie Funderburk [D]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]
Rep. Anne Thayer [R]	Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]	Rep. Joshua Putnam [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-05	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam
2018-03-21	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
2018-02-28	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
2018-02-27	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer
2018-02-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: D.C.Moss, Martin, Funderburk, Govan
2018-02-08	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pitts
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2017-01-10	House	Introduced and read first time
2016-12-15	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2016-12-15	House	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3003&session=122&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3003_20161215.htm