SC H4657

Establishes a "Right to Compute Act" declaring that South Carolinians have a fundamental right to own and use computational resources, protected under state constitutional rights to property and free expression

Requires deployers of critical artificial intelligence systems that control critical infrastructure facilities to develop risk management policies following NIST, ISO/IEC 4200, or other recognized AI risk management frameworks

Restricts government actions limiting private ownership or use of computational resources to only those that are demonstrably necessary and narrowly tailored to fulfill a compelling governmental interest

Defines compelling governmental interests to include: ensuring AI risk management at critical infrastructure, addressing fraud, protecting individuals (especially minors) from harmful deepfakes, and preventing nuisances from physical datacenter infrastructure

Preserves federal law supremacy and does not alter existing intellectual property rights under patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret laws