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2025-2026 Bill 3381 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3381

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE 
"DEFENSE OF CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-200 SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THAT ANY BUSINESS WHERE DRAG SHOWS ARE HELD IS DEEMED TO BE A SEXUALLY ORIENTED 
BUSINESS FOR ALL LOCAL ORDINANCES RELATING TO A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS; BY 
ADDING SECTION 6-1-210 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A STATE AGENCY, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, 
OR ANY ENTITY THAT IS SUPPORTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM USING 
ANY PUBLIC FUNDS TO HOST OR PROVIDE A DRAG SHOW; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 
16-15-385, RELATING TO DISSEMINATING HARMFUL MATERIALS TO MINORS, SO AS TO 
INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF ALLOWING A MINOR TO VIEW A DRAG SHOW.

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

SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Defense of Children's Innocence Act."

SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 6 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
6-1-200. (A) Any business where drag 
shows are held is deemed to be a sexually oriented business for all local 
ordinances relating to a sexually oriented business. A local government must 
enforce such ordinances against a business that holds drag shows in the same 
manner as set forth in the ordinance.

 (B) No 
minor may attend or view a drag show performance.

 (C) For 
purposes of this section:

 (1) "Drag 
show" means a performance in which a performer exhibits a gender identity that 
is different than the performer's gender assigned at birth using clothing, 
makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise 
performs before an audience for entertainment, and is intended to provide 
sexual stimulation or sexual gratification which are distinguished or 
characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to 
nudity or state of nudity, seminudity or state of seminudity, specific sexual 
acts, or specific anatomical areas.

 (2) "Nudity" 
or "state of nudity" means the appearance of bare human buttocks, male 
genitals, female genitals, or female breasts or the use of opaque material that 
gives the appearance of less than completely or opaquely covered human 
buttocks, male genitals, female genitals, or female breasts.

 (3) "Seminudity" 
or "state of seminudity" means a state of dress in which clothing, or opaque 
material that gives the appearance of less than completely or opaquely covered 
human buttocks, male genitals, female genitals, or female breasts, covers no 
more than the genitals, pubic region, areola of the female breast, and those 
portions of the body covered by supporting straps and devices.

 (4) "Specified 
anatomical areas" means:

 (a) less 
than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, 
anus, or female breast areola; or

 (b) human 
male genitals in a discernibly turgid state even if completely and opaquely 
covered.

 (5) "Specified 
sexual activities" includes:

 (a) the 
fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, 
anus, or female breasts;

 (b) sex 
acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral 
copulation, or sodomy;

 (c) masturbation, 
actual or simulated; or

 (d) human 
genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; or

 (e) the 
fondling, erotic touching, or other such contact with an animal by a human 
being; or

 (f) excretory 
functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in 
subitems (a) through (e).

 Section 
6-1-210. No state agency, political subdivision, including school districts, or 
any entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds may use any 
public funds to host or provide a drag show. If any such institution whose 
funding is commingled hosts or provides for a drag show, the expenditures of 
the drag show are deemed to be from public funds. If any such institution 
violates the provision of this section, then the appropriate official in charge 
of disbursing public funds, must cease disbursing funds to the offending 
institution. For purposes of this section, "drag show" has the same meaning as 
provided in Section 6-1-200.

SECTION 3. Section 16-15-385 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
16-15-385. (A) A person commits the 
offense of disseminating harmful material to minors if, knowing the character 
or content of the material, he:

 (1) 
sells, furnishes, presents, or distributes to a minor material that is harmful 
to minors; or

 (2) 
allows a minor to review or peruse material that is harmful to minors.

 A person does not 
commit an offense under this subsection when he employs a minor to work in a 
theater if the minor's parent