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SC H3519

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Pope

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Origin

House of Representatives

126th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires South Carolina businesses to comply with subpoenas, court orders, or warrants issued by other states for customer records, electronic data, and communications as if issued by a South Carolina court

  • Defines "South Carolina business" to include entities organized under SC law, domiciled in SC, storing electronic data in SC, or doing business in the state

  • Authorizes circuit court judges to issue search warrants for electronic data from any business operating in or providing services in South Carolina, regardless of where the data is physically stored

  • Search warrants must be executed within 10 days, with signed inventory delivered to the judicial officer and to the person whose property was seized upon request

  • Allows warrants to include a Preclusion of Notice Order under federal law (18 U.S.C. Section 2705(b)) and establishes that seized records are admissible at trial with proper certification from a records custodian

Legislative Description

Search warrants, electronic data

Last Action

Scrivener's error corrected

2/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary12/5/2024

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