SC-H3121-2025

South Carolina · H 3121 · 2025

Live and Let Live Act

Bill key

SC-H3121-2025

State

South Carolina

Session

2025

Introduced

December 5, 2024

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H. 3121, 126th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (S.C. 2025), https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3121&session=126&summary=B.

Short citation

S.C. H. 3121.

Topics

• Marriage, family & custody
• Religious exemptions

Tags

• Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA
• Religious Exemptions: Marriage
• Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE
• Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care

Summary

Live and Let Live Act

Curator notes

Various service providers (adoption/foster care, merchants) can discriminate against same-sex couples on the basis of religion/conscience; a reprise of Colorado HB 18-1250 and such; a Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act variant

Sponsors

1 sponsor

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Thomas Beach	Republican	Representative	HD-010	Primary sponsor

Model-bill lineage

Model-bill templates this bill matches

• Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523) Near-verbatim
• First Amendment Defense Act Derived
• Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Shares provisions

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Bill text

• As introduced (21,359 characters)

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