South Carolina H 3145: Alcohol Purchase Age

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2025-2026 Bill 3145 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3145

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Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-5-6560, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE STOP DATA REGARDING 
AGE, GENDER, AND RACE OF DRIVERs and the DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASE REPORTS, SO AS 
TO PROVIDE THIS PROVISION APPLIES ALSO TO MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS WHERE OFFICERS 
ISSUE CITATIONS OR MAKE ARRESTS AND TO REVISE THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES 
COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS 
SECTION.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-6560 (A) and (D) of the S.C. Code is 
amended to read:

 (A) Any time a motor vehicle is 
stopped by a state or local law enforcement officer with 
or without a citation being issued or an arrest being made, the officer 
who initiated the stop must complete a data collection form designed by the 
Department of Public Safety that must include information regarding the age, 
gender, and race or ethnicity of the driver of the vehicle. This information 
may be gathered and transmitted electronically under the supervision of the 
department which shall develop and maintain a database storing the information 
collected. The department must promulgate rules and regulations with regard to 
the collection and submission of the information gathered.

 (D) 
This section must be reviewed by the Senate Transportation Committee and the 
House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee during the 2010 Session of the General Assemblybiennially beginning 2025. The committees must conduct a hearing, consider the data, and take testimony during 
the legislative session in which the report is received. If the report is 
received while the legislature is not in session, the committees shall hold 
their hearings during the next legislative session. Both committees shall make 
a complete report setting forth recommendations of 
appropriate changes, if any, to this sectionexisting law before the end of the 2010 
Sessionsession.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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