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Updated August 16, 2026

South Carolina: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in South Carolina: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 2.7% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 4.1%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

100 AI-related documents tracked.

Showing the 60 most recent of 100 tracked documents.

• SC H3732: Employee privacy rights proposed
  DisclosurePrivacyTransparency
• SC H4696: Technology Transparency proposed
  Business services and analyticsDisclosureDisclosure: Of AI useFinesGovernment study or reportInput controls: Data usePerformance requirementsPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsTransparency
• SC H4756: South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act enacted
  EducationFinesPrivacy
• SC H3872: Lottery prize claim disclosures proposed
  DisclosureGovernment study or reportInput controls: ConsentPrivacyTransparency
• SC S0252: Law Enforcement and Judicial Personal Info Protection enacted
  DisclosureGovernment: judicial and law enforcementPrivacyTransparency
• SC H4576: Prosecutors Personal Protection Privacy Act proposed
  DisclosureGovernment study or reportPrivacyTransparency
• SC H4541: Child Data Privacy and Protection Act proposed
  Children and minorsEvaluation: Impact assessmentPrivacyTransparency
• SC S1034: Law Enforcement and Judicial Privacy Protection proposed
  Civil liabilityGovernment: judicial and law enforcementGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• SC S1213: South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act proposed
  Civil liabilityEducationFinesPrivacy
• SC H5407: South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act proposed
  Civil liabilityEducationFinesPrivacy
• SC S0841: Prosecutors Personal Privacy Protection Act proposed
  DisclosureGovernment study or reportPrivacyTransparency
• SC H3865: Law enforcement and judicial privacy protection enacted
  Government: judicial and law enforcementPrivacy
• SC H3400: Child Data Privacy and Protection Act proposed
  Children and minorsEvaluation: Impact assessmentPrivacyTransparency
• SC H3401: Technology Transparency proposed
  Business services and analyticsDisclosureDisclosure: Of AI useFinesGovernment study or reportInput controls: Data usePerformance requirementsPrivacySales, retail, and customer relationsTransparency
• SC H3736: Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection proposed
  DisclosureGovernment: judicial and law enforcementGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacyTransparency
• SC S0126: Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection enacted
  Civil liabilityDisclosureGovernment: judicial and law enforcementGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacyTransparency
• SC H5075: Personal Privacy Protection Act proposed
  FinesPrivacy
• SC H4666: Digital Choice Act proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesInput controls: Data usePrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• SC S0932: Digital Choice Act proposed
  Civil liabilityFinesInput controls: Data usePrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• SC S0721: Candidates, personal contact information proposed
  Privacy
• SC S0650: Lottery prize claim disclosures proposed
  DisclosureEducationGovernment study or reportInput controls: ConsentPrivacyTransparency
• SC H4538: South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act proposed
  Civil liabilityEducationFinesPrivacy
• SC H3827: SC Integrity in Education Act proposed
  EducationInput controls: ConsentMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacyTransparency
• SC S0424: SC Integrity in Education Act proposed
  EducationInput controls: ConsentMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacyTransparency
• SC H4565: Medical Privacy Act proposed
  DisclosureMedicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacyTransparency
• SC H3016: SC Data Privacy Act proposed
  Business services and analyticsFinesGovernment: judicial and law enforcementPrivacy
• SC H3263: Student physical privacy proposed
  EducationFinesPrivacy
• SC H3014: SC Cellular Data Privacy Protection Act proposed
  Business services and analyticsFinesGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedNetworking and telecommunicationsPrivacy
• SC S1169: Family Privacy Protection Act of 2002 proposed
  Business services and analyticsPrivacy
• SC H4817: SC Data Privacy Act proposed
  Business services and analyticsFinesGovernment: judicial and law enforcementPrivacy
• SC S0199: Student Physical Privacy Act proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• SC H3701: SC Cellular Data Privacy Protection Act proposed
  Business services and analyticsFinesGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedNetworking and telecommunicationsPrivacy
• SC H4380: Samantha L. Josephson Ridesharing Safety Act enacted
  Business services and analyticsLicensing, registration, and certificationTransparencyTransportation
• SC H4397: Duplicate license plates proposed
  Business services and analyticsLicensing, registration, and certificationTransparencyTransportation
• SC H4386: Kidnapping proposed
  Business services and analyticsTransparencyTransportation
• SC H4405: Transportation Network Companies proposed
  Business services and analyticsTransparencyTransportation
• SC S0215: Auto insurance proposed
  BiasFinance
• SC S0121: Auto insurance proposed
  BiasFinance
• SC S0139: Auto insurance proposed
  BiasFinance
• SC S0351: Auto insurance proposed
  BiasFinance
• SC H3402: Age-Appropriate Design proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionChildren and minorsTransparency
• SC S0268: Children and Social Media proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionChildren and minorsTransparency
• SC H4842: Age-Appropriate Design proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionChildren and minorsTransparency
• SC S0210: Transparency in Justice Act proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionCivil liabilityEducationFinesTransparency
• SC S0334: Transparency in Justice Act proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionCivil liabilityEducationFinesTransparency
• S.C. Juvenile Justice Reform Act proposed
  Criminal liabilityDisclosure: Of AI useEducationFinanceFinesGovernance developmentGovernment study or reportGovernment support: For R&DGovernment: judicial and law enforcementMedicine, life sciences and public healthPerformance requirementsTransportation
• Health Claims & AI proposed
  Licensing, registration, and certificationMedicine, life sciences and public health
• SC Closed-Loop Data Center Cooling Bill proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesHarm to health/safetyPerformance requirements
• Colleton County SC Data Center Opposition proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesTransparency
• Internet and Communications Service Providers Equipment enacted
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilitiesLicensing, registration, and certification
• Data Center Moratorium proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilitiesFines
• Energy proposed
  ConstructionData centersDisclosure: Of AI useEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesFinanceGovernment study or reportLicensing, registration, and certificationTransportation
• Data Centers proposed
  ConstructionData centersEcological harmFinesGovernment study or reportGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedLicensing, registration, and certificationTransparency
• Data Center Development proposed
  ConstructionData centersEcological harmFinesGovernment study or reportGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedLicensing, registration, and certification
• Commercial Data Center Water Usage Report proposed
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesFinesGovernment study or reportPerformance requirementsTransparency
• Data Center Moratorium proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilitiesFinesGovernment support: For R&D
• The South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act proposed
  Data centersEcological harmEnergy and utilities
• Energy Affordability Act proposed
  ConstructionData centersDisclosure: Of AI useEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesFinanceGovernment study or reportLicensing, registration, and certificationTransportation
• Data Center Utility Costs proposed
  ConstructionData centersDisclosure: Of AI useEcological harmEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or reportLicensing, registration, and certificationPerformance requirementsTransparency
• SC H3964: Narwhal Of Ideas Robotics Team enacted
  Manufacturing

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for South Carolina. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$388,151 in tracked political contributions across 274 records.

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