SC-S540-2025

South Carolina · S 540 · 2025

Definition of child abuse

Bill key

SC-S540-2025

State

South Carolina

Session

2025

Introduced

April 3, 2025

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

S. 540, 126th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (S.C. 2025), https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0540&session=126&summary=B.

Short citation

S.C. S. 540.

Tags

• Child Custody Bill: DACPA

Summary

Definition of child abuse

Curator notes

Parents, can misgender their trans kids, not support their gender identity and it's not abuse.

Sponsors

20 sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Richard Cash	Republican	Senator	SD-003	Primary sponsor
Joshua Kimbrell	Republican	Senator	SD-011	Co-sponsor
Carlisle Kennedy	Republican	Senator	SD-023	Co-sponsor
Matthew Leber	Republican	Senator	SD-041	Co-sponsor
Mike Reichenbach	Republican	Senator	SD-031	Co-sponsor
Jeff Zell	Republican	Senator	SD-036	Co-sponsor
JD Chaplin	Republican	Senator	SD-029	Co-sponsor
Tom Fernandez	Republican	Senator	SD-039	Co-sponsor
Stephen Goldfinch	Republican	Senator	SD-034	Co-sponsor
Allen Blackmon	Republican	Senator	SD-027	Co-sponsor
Brian Adams	Republican	Senator	SD-044	Co-sponsor
Thomas Corbin	Republican	Senator	SD-005	Co-sponsor
Danny Verdin	Republican	Senator	SD-009	Co-sponsor
Michael Gambrell	Republican	Senator	SD-004	Co-sponsor
Billy Garrett	Republican	Senator	SD-010	Co-sponsor
Lawrence Grooms	Republican	Senator	SD-037	Co-sponsor
Rex Rice	Republican	Senator	SD-002	Co-sponsor
George Campsen	Republican	Senator	SD-043	Co-sponsor
Everett Stubbs	Republican	Senator	SD-017	Co-sponsor
Wes Climer	Republican	Senator	SD-015	Co-sponsor

Model-bill lineage

Model-bill templates this bill matches

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

Similar bills

• CO HB 1033 (2020)
• CO HB 1140 (2019)
• CO HB 1206 (2018)
• CO SB 241 (2018)
• IA SF 212 (2023)
• KY HB 372 (2018)
• KY HB 495 (2022)
• MA H 1392 (2020)
• MA H 1536 (2022)
• MS HB 1176 (2019)
• SC H 3121 (2025)
• SC H 3611 (2023)
• SC H 3801 (2023)
• SC H 3878 (2021)
• WY HB 149 (2025)

Bill text

• As introduced (13,746 characters)

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