South Carolina AI Law

Browse South Carolina law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.

Historical tracker

May 1, 2026 tracker snapshot

These entries retain the historical NCSL snapshot used by the former state directory. Status labels, including “pending,” “enacted,” “failed,” and “vetoed,” describe that snapshot, not a current-status assessment. This is not a complete inventory of enacted law.

NCSL’s May 1, 2026 snapshot lists 14 AI-related 2026 measures for South Carolina.

Enactments and resolutions recorded in the snapshot

• SC H 5085 — Artificial Intelligence Week; adopted; (House Resolution) Declares March 30 through April 2, 2026, as Artificial Intelligence week in the state and encourages all citizens of the Palmetto Sta....

Other measures recorded in the snapshot

• SC H 3049 — Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act; pending; Enacts the uniform civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images act, defines necessary terms, creates a civil action for an individual.... Topics: Criminal Use, Deepfake.
• SC H 4582 — Evaluate Various Artificial Intelligence Tools; pending; Provides that each school district may provide age appropriate instruction to students on how to access, utilize, and critically evaluate various artifi.... Topics: Education Use.
• SC H 4657 — Right to Compute Act; pending; Enacts the right to compute act, requires risk management policies for critical infrastructure controlled by artificial intelligence systems and, establ....
• SC H 4675 — Surveillance Data Retention and Storage; pending; Provides no state or local entity may participate in any surveillance system that stores surveillance data on third party servers or use artificial inte.... Topics: Government Use, Oversight/Governance.
• SC H 5206 — Artificial Intelligence; pending; Provides circumstances that must be considered when a health insurer uses artificial intelligence to make determinations relates to prior authorizations.... Topics: Health Use, Notification, Private Sector Use.
• SC H 5253 — Artificial Intelligence; pending; Relates to establish limitations and safeguards governing the use of artificial intelligence in public schools, to require parental notice and consent,.... Topics: Education Use, Education/Training, Oversight/Governance.
• SC H 5476 — Chat Bot Usage; pending; Relates to chat bot usage, provides that a covered entity shall make a limited-access mode of a chatbot available and verify the user's age, provides th.... Topics: Health Use, Notification, Private Right of Action.
• SC H 5598 — Dissemination of Intimate Images Without Consent; pending; Relates to disseminating intimate images without consent, provides provisions identifying when a developer or provider of technology may be held liable.... Topics: Criminal Use, Deepfake.
• SC S 1037 — Protecting Children from Chatbots Act; pending; Enacts the Protecting Children from Chatbots Act, defines terms related to chat bot usage, provides that a covered entity shall make a limited-access mo.... Topics: Child Pornography, Criminal Use, Deepfake, Health Use.
• SC S 734 — Criminal Sexual Misconduct; pending; Provides that certain state retirement benefits and health benefits may be forfeited if state employees are convicted of any crime involving criminal se.... Topics: Child Pornography, Criminal Use, Deepfake.
• SC S 788 — Artificial Intelligence and Therapy or Psychotherapy; pending; Provides definitions related to artificial intelligence and therapy or psychotherapy, provides that a licensed professional shall not be permitted to us.... Topics: Health Use, Notification.
• SC S 920 — Health Insurer; pending; Provides circumstances that must be considered when a health insurer uses artificial intelligence to make determinations relates to prior authorizations.... Topics: Health Use, Notification, Private Sector Use.
• SC S 963 — Artificial Intelligence; pending; Enacts the consumer protections in interactions with artificial intelligence systems act, among other things, prohibit algorithmic discrimination arisin.... Topics: Impact Assessment, Notification, Private Sector Use, Responsible Use.