All Roll Calls
Yes: 155 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Michael Johnson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection
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Starting January 1, 2026, when you restrict your info, agencies must keep it in the official record but not show it in online indexes or document images. If a home address or tax map number cannot be removed from an index or image, the image is not displayed and the address or number is blocked in the index. The rule also covers the request form and any extra papers you file. When an agency withholds or limits information, it must tell you what it hid and cite the law.
Effective January 1, 2026, even if your info is hidden online, agencies may share it with a short list of professionals. These are title insurers and agents, attorneys (or their written designee), a personal representative for a deceased requester, and professional engineers or surveyors (or their written designee). The general public still cannot see the info on government websites.
Beginning January 1, 2026, your home address stays protected only while you live there. If you sell or transfer the property, you must file the designated form and a notarized affidavit with the county register of deeds to release the block.
The privacy acts now start January 1, 2026, not July 1, 2025. Protections and procedures apply on the later date.
Beginning January 1, 2026, you may ask a court to order an agency to follow these privacy rules. The law also gives state and local employees and their agents immunity from claims for damages that arise from personal contact information on the public record.
Beginning January 1, 2026, current or former law enforcement officers and judges can ask agencies to hide certain personal contact information from public government websites. Covered info is your home address, personal cell number, and property tax map number in records posted online. You must use the single statewide form and a notarized affidavit that confirms your service. The Office of Court Administration and the Criminal Justice Academy create this form, and agencies may ask for extra details. The info stays in the official record but is not shown online. This does not stop disclosures required by law, like subpoenas, or disclosures in DMV collision reports or business and UCC filings. Your restriction stays in place until you rescind it in writing.
Michael Johnson
Republican • Senate
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
All Roll Calls
Yes: 155 • No: 0
House vote • 4/9/2025
(Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection)Passage of Bill
Yes: 111 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
(Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection)2nd Reading
Yes: 44 • No: 0
Act No. 4
Effective date 01/26/26
Signed By Governor
Ratified R 11
Read third time and enrolled
Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
Read second time
Reconsidered
Debate adjourned until Thur., 4-10-25
Debate adjourned until Wed., 4-9-25
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced and read first time
Scrivener's error corrected
Read third time and sent to House
Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
Read second time
Committee Amendment Adopted
Scrivener's error corrected
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
Referred to Subcommittee: Adams (ch), Kimbrell, Devine, Blackmon, Kennedy, Leber, Walker
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced and read first time
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Prefiled
Introduced
S 0623, AN ACT TO EXEMPT GEORGETOWN COUNTY FROM CERTAIN BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO INSTEAD ENFORCE AE STANDARDS IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY'S FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE.
Georgetown County Building Requirements
S 0586, AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 172 OF 1995, RELATING TO THE KERSHAW COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE KERSHAW COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SHALL RECEIVE NINETY DOLLARS FOR EACH MEETING AT WHICH HE IS IN ATTENDANCE AND THAT THE CHAIRMAN SHALL RECEIVE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL NOT OCCUR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN TIMES EACH FISCAL YEAR.
Kershaw County Transportation Committee
H 5653, AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE METHOD BY WHICH PERSONS FILE TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD, THE MANNER IN WHICH BOARD ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES ON THE BOARD ARE FILLED; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Lee County School District Board of Trustees
S 1062, A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO DETERMINATION OF RATES OF TUITION AND FEES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 5443, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.
JR to Approve Reg. Doc. No. 5443
S 0779, A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS BETWEEN MEMBERS WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AND THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY; AND TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DUE TO THE MEMBER BEING CONVICTED OF OR PLEADING GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO A FELONY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS JOINT RESOLUTION.
Legislative Expense Allowance
H 5261, A JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ALCOHOL SERVER TRAINING AS PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER 3, TITLE 61 TO MAY 1, 2026.
Alcohol Server Training