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Senate gives S.28 third reading and passage, 40-0
Summary
The South Carolina Senate voted 40-0 to give S.28 a third reading and passage after a roll call; the bill was described on the floor as creating an offense related to obscene visual representations tied to child abuse and establishing penalties.
The South Carolina Senate voted 40-0 to give S.28 a third reading and passage during a floor session at the State House in Columbia. The vote followed a roll call and requests for brief leaves of absence by several senators.
Senate aides described S.28 on the floor as a measure to create an offense concerning obscene visual representations related to child abuse and to establish penalties. The bill received a roll-call vote after the clerk informed the chamber that a roll had been requested.
Senate leaders called the roll; the reading clerk recorded affirmative votes and the clerk later announced the result. "By a vote of 40 to 0, S 28 receives a third reading of the senate," the clerk announced after the tally.
The roll call recorded 40 affirmative votes and several senators with leave or not voting. No senator registered a "no" vote during the recorded tally.
The bill will proceed according to the Senate calendar and any subsequent procedural or committee steps required for final enrollment and transmittal to the House, as applicable. The transcript shows the third-reading procedure and vote but does not include text of final amendments or the full statutory language of S.28.
Supporters requested the roll call and several senators were granted short leaves of absence before the vote. The transcript does not record floor debate on the bill's merits during the roll-call sequence.
