South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

S 719 — Rights of detained persons

Last action — Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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    Introduced
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced December 10, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

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Stalled 14% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-13-55 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS DETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT MUST BE ACTIVATED UPON DETAINMENT OF A PERSON.

Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 719 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 719Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-13-55 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS DETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS and audio and video recording equipment must be activated upon detainment of a person.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Chapter 13, Title 17 of the S.C.
Code is amended by adding:
      Section 17-13-55.  (A) A law enforcement officer authorized, with reasonable suspicion, to detain a person found violating or attempting to violate any of the laws of the State and who detains a person, whether or not an arrest is subsequently made of such person, must activate audio and video recording equipment upon detaining a person and inform the detained person of the following:
       (1) that the person is being detained;
       (2) the reason why the person is being detained;
and        (3) when the person being detained is free to leave.
    (B) Prior to arrest, statements obtained by a law enforcement officer who fails to provide a person detained with the required information provided in subsection (A) are inadmissible in a court of law.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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Action History

  1. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  2. Introduced and read first time

  3. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  4. Prefiled

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (169)

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 719 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-13-55 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS DETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT MUST BE ACTIVATED UPON DETAINMENT OF A PERSON.
Who sponsors S 719?
S 719 is sponsored by Senator Deon T. Tedder.
What is the current status of S 719?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced December 10, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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