DMV, disclosure of personal information

2025-2026 Bill 5130: DMV, disclosure of personal information - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5130
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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. C. Mitchell, Yow, Brewer, Moss, Crawford, J. Moore and Guest
Document Path: LC-0357HDB26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 10, 2026
Currently residing in the House
Summary: DMV, disclosure of personal information
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/10/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 8
)

2/10/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 8
)

3/9/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
Crawford, J. Moore, Guest

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/10/2026

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS
BY ADDING SECTION
56-3-550
SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
FROM DISCLOSING CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION WITHOUT AN INDIVIDUAL'S EXPRESS
CONSENT, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY OUT WAIVER
PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTS FOR SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION.

B
e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
A
rticle 4, Chapter 3, Title 56
of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

S
ection
56-3-550
.
(
A) As used in this
section, "personal information" has the meaning provided in 18 U.S.C. Section
2725.

(
B) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not disclose an individual's
personal information in response to a request that does not fall within one of
the exceptions listed in 18 U.S.C. 2721(b) without the express consent of the
individual to whom such personal information pertains.

(
C) The department shall establish and
carry out procedures under which the department, upon receiving a request for
personal information that does not fall within one of the exceptions listed in
18 U.S.C. Section 2721(b), shall mail a copy of the request to the individual
about whom the information was requested, informing such individual of the
request, together with a statement to the effect that the information will not
be released unless the individual waives his right to privacy under 18 U.S.C.
Section 2721.

S
ECTION 2. The waiver procedures required under this act must be
established and implemented by the Department of Motor Vehicles within sixty
days after the effective date of this act. The department shall notify the
General Assembly in writing no later than the sixtieth day from the effective
date of this act that it has complied with this requirement and provide copies
of the waiver procedures established under this act.

S
ECTION
3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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