South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3146 — Limiting public access to certain information during a hearing

Last action — Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

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A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-25-40 SO AS TO PROVIDE AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES MAY SEEK TO AND THE COURT MAY LIMIT PUBLIC ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION PRESENTED DURING THESE HEARINGS.

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2025-2026 Bill 3146 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3146Indicates 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 17-25-40 SO AS TO PROVIDE AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES MAY SEEK TO AND THE COURT MAY LIMIT PUBLIC ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION PRESENTED DURING THESE HEARINGS.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Chapter 25, Title 17 of the S.C.
Code is amended by adding:
      Section 17-25-40.  (A) At the time of sentencing, the defendant may seek to limit public access to his sentencing information relating to:
       (1) his arrest;
       (2) charges filed against him;
and        (3) his case file and criminal history record in the custody of the State Law Enforcement Division, clerk of court, solicitor, or any other state or local agency.
Information contained in his case file and criminal record includes, but is not limited to, any fingerprints or photographs taken in conjunction with an arrest.
    (B) If the defendant's motion to limit public access to his sentencing record is granted pursuant to subsection (A), then the court must order the defendant's public record sealed and made unavailable to the public.
    (C) This section shall apply to a sentencing hearing for a defendant convicted of any violent crime as contained in Section 16-1-60, except those contained in Chapter 53, Title 44.
    (D) When considering the defendant's request under this section, the court shall weigh the public's interest in the defendant's criminal history record information being publicly available and the harm to the defendant's privacy.
The court must issue written findings of fact in its order based upon these considerations.
    (E) The court shall specify the date its order shall take effect.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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What does H 3146 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 17-25-40 SO AS TO PROVIDE AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES MAY SEEK TO AND THE COURT MAY LIMIT PUBLIC ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION PRESENTED DURING THESE HEARINGS.
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H 3146 is sponsored by Representative J. Todd Rutherford.
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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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