H 4591 General Bill, By Guffey, Pope, Oremus, Martin, Schuessler, Sessions, T. Moore, Chapman, Lawson, Brewer, Ford, Pedalino, Ligon, Robbins, Terribile, Huff, Govan, Wickensimer, Lastinger, W. Newton, Hewitt, Calhoon and Gibson
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Summary: Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media
    A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "STOP HARM FROM ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA (SHASM) ACT"; AND BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 5, TITLE 39 SO AS TO REQUIRE COVERED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO USE REASONABLE MEANS TO ESTIMATE THE AGE OF CERTAIN ACCOUNT HOLDERS, TO VERIFY THE AGE OF CERTAIN ACCOUNT HOLDERS, TO CREATE DEFAULT ACCOUNT SETTINGS FOR CERTAIN USERS, AND TO CREATE CERTAIN PARENTAL CONSENTS.
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12/16/25	House	Prefiled
12/16/25	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/13/26	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 31)
01/13/26	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 31)
01/21/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler, Sessions
01/22/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T. Moore, Chapman, Lawson, Brewer, Ford, Pedalino, Ligon, Robbins
01/28/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Terribile, Huff
02/05/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Wickensimer
03/25/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
03/26/26	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 5)
03/31/26		Scrivener's error corrected
03/31/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W. Newton, Hewitt, Calhoon, Gibson
03/31/26	House	Amended (House Journal-page 269)
03/31/26	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 269)
03/31/26	House	Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 274)
04/01/26	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 17)
04/01/26	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 18)
04/01/26	Senate	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 18)