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S736 • 2026

Parental Control

Parental Control

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Sponsor
Senator Kennedy
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry ( Senate Journal-page 36 )
Effective date
Not listed

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Parental Control

Parental Control

What This Bill Does

  • Parental Control

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 36 )

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry ( Senate Journal-page 36 )

  3. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Prefiled

  4. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Official Summary Text

Parental Control

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 736: Parental Control - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 736
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Kennedy
Document Path: LC-0417SA26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Parental Control
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 36
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
(
Senate Journal-page 36
)

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legislative information
at the website
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/10/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
39-1-100
SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN ONLINE COMPANIES MUST PROVIDE PARENTS AN
OPTION TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN CONTENT ON THEIR PLATFORMS.

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

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 1, Title 39 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

S
ection
39-1-100
.
(
A) Online companies
that provide social media, streaming, gaming, or chatrooms including, but not
limited to, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Netflix, Disney+, Roblox, and Hulu
that have minor users must provide a parental control option for a parent of a
minor to opt out of all content that is sexual in nature and content that
features transgender individuals that are available on its platform.

(
B) An
online company that violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, must be fined two hundred dollars per day for each
account that is noncompliant.

(
C)
(
1) An individual may bring a civil
action against an online company for a violation of this section.

(
2)
In a civil action brought under subsection (C) in which the plaintiff prevails,
the court may award the plaintiff:

(
a)
an amount equal to the sum of any actual damages;

(
b)
injunctive relief;

(
c)
declaratory relief; and

(
d)
reasonable attorney's fees and litigation costs.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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