South Carolina S 721: A SENATE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR GEORGE MILLER, A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (RETIRED), FOR THIRTY YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND DECADES OF OTHER SIGNIFICANT AND EXTENSIVE SERVICE TO THE PALMETTO STATE AND THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COMMUNITY.

Bill Text

2025-2026 Bill 721 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 721

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS 
BY ENACTING THE "LEGISLATIVE PERSONAL PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 
9 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 30 SO AS TO PROVIDE A METHOD BY WHICH THE PERSONAL 
CONTACT INFORMATION OF CURRENT AND FORMER LEGISLATORS IN DISCLOSED RECORDS ON 
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITES OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES MAY BE 
RESTRICTED UPON REQUEST, TO PROVIDE FOR PETITIONS TO COURTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 
THIS ARTICLE, AND TO PREVENT LIABILITY FROM ACCRUING TO A STATE OR LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Title 30 of the 
S.C. Code is amended by adding:

Article 9

Legislative 
Personal Privacy Protection Act

 Section 
30-2-900. For purposes of this article:

 (1) "Personal contact information" 
means the home address, personal cellular telephone number, or tax map number, 
if applicable, of the eligible requesting party.

 (2) "Eligible requesting party" means a 
current or former member of the South Carolina General Assembly who has filed a 
formal request under the provisions of this article.

 (3) "Disclosed records" means records 
accessible by a database or image of an official record that are placed on a 
publicly available internet website maintained by or operated on behalf of a 
state or local governmental agency. Disclosed records for the purpose of this 
article do not include records available for purchase or through an account, by 
registration or subscription, from a state or local governmental agency.

 Section 
30-2-910. (A) An eligible 
requesting party's personal contact information in a disclosed record shall be 
restricted on a publicly available internet website maintained by or operated 
on behalf of the state or local governmental agency if the legislator:

 (1) notifies the individual state or 
local governmental agency of the legislator's choice to restrict public access 
to personal contact information in disclosed records by submission of the 
designated form and any supplemental information requested by the state or 
local governmental agency; and

 (2) provides a notarized affidavit 
affirming the current or prior service as a legislator.

 (B) A choice made under this article 
remains valid with the following exceptions:

 (1) the legislator rescinds in writing 
the request to restrict public access to or posting online of personal contact 
information and provides notice to the state or local governmental agency;

 (2) the state or local governmental 
agency discloses personal contact information related to violations of law or 
regulation, as permitted by law;

 (3) the legislator requests release of 
the legislator's personal contact information from a state or local governmental 
agency for a specific purpose and for a limited time;

 (4) the personal contact information is 
included in a collision report or uniform traffic ticket maintained and 
provided by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, as permitted by 
law;

 (5) the personal contact information is 
included on a business filing or Uniform Commercial Code filing recorded with 
the South Carolina Secretary of State; or

 (6) the eligible requesting party's 
request to restrict information does not apply to a subsequent home address of 
the eligible requesting party. The eligible requesting party is responsible for 
notifying, through the designated form, each state or local governmental agency 
of a subsequent home address, and any documents filed after the original 
request to restrict personal contact information including, but not limited to, 
changes to the mortgage on a property, or any change in personal contact 
information.

 (C) Personal contact information 
provided under the provisions of this article may be disclosed under subpoena, 
by order of the court, upon written consent of the eligible legislator, or to 
another governmental agency.

 (D)(1) Personal contact information 
restricted from disclosed records under this section must remain within the 
official records held or maintained by a state or local governmental agency, 
but may not be included in an index or displayed on an image of an official 
record on a publicly available internet website maintained or operated on 
behalf of a state or local governmental agency.

 (2) In the event that a home address or 
tax map number cannot be restricted from a disclosed record within an index or 
from being displayed on an image of an official record on a publicly available 
internet website maintained or operated on behalf of a state or local 
governmental agency, then the image of the official record shall not b