South Carolina H 4673: Alice Wyche Hurley, sympathy

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2025-2026 Bill 4673 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4673

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
16-3-1093 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISSEMINATE PERSONALLY 
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH THE INTENT TO 
INTIMIDATE, ABUSE, THREATEN, HARASS, OR FRIGHTEN THE INDIVIDUALS, AND TO 
PROVIDE PENALTIES.

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

SECTION 1. Article 11, Chapter 3, Title 16 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
16-3-1093. (A) For the purposes of this section:

 (1) 
"Dissemination" means electronically publishing, posting, or otherwise 
disclosing information to a public internet site or public forum;

 (2) 
"Household member" means a person who regularly resides in a household or who 
within the six months preceding the conduct of an offense contained in this 
section regularly resided in the household;

 (3) 
"Immediate family member" means a parent, grandparent, spouse, child, 
stepchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sibling, 
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or grandchild; and

 (4) 
"Personally identifying information" means information that identifies or 
reasonably can be used to identify an individual including, but not limited to:

 (a) 
Social Security number or other government-issued identifier;

 (b) 
date of birth;

 (c) 
home or physical address;

 (d) 
email address or telephone number;

 (e) 
financial account number, or credit or debit card number;

 (f) 
biometric, health, or medical data, or insurance information; or

 (g) 
school or employment locations.

 (B) A 
person is guilty of disseminating personally identifying information about an 
individual when, with the intent to intimidate, abuse, threaten, harass, or 
frighten an individual who resides in this State, he:

 (1) 
intentionally disseminates the personally identifying information of the 
individual or an individual's immediate family member or household member; and

 (2) 
the dissemination would cause a reasonable individual to be in fear of physical 
injury to himself, or to an immediate family member or a member of his 
household.

 (C) This 
section shall apply to electronic communications originating within or accessible 
within the State.

 (D) A 
person who disseminates personally identifying information:

 (1) 
that results in no physical injury to the victim is guilty of a misdemeanor 
and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than one year;

 (2) 
that results in physical injury to the victim or to a victim's immediate family 
member or household member, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be 
imprisoned for not more than five years;

 (3) 
that results in great bodily injury to the victim or to the victim's immediate 
family member or household member is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, 
must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years; or

 (4) 
that results in the death of the victim or of the victim's immediate family 
member or household member is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be 
imprisoned not more than twenty-five years.

 (E) 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on a broadband 
internet access service provider, a telecommunications service provider, an 
interconnected VoIP provider, or a mobile service provider as defined in 47 
U.S.C. Section 153, a commercial mobile service provider as defined in 47 
U.S.C. Section 332(d), or a cable operator as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 522, 
when acting in its capacity as a provider of those services.

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

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