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Subcommittee advances bill to criminalize morphed images of identifiable children, change registry rules
Summary
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee advanced S.29, which would add morphed images of identifiable children to exploitation-of-a-minor offenses, create misdemeanor treatment for minors, and change when offenders can be removed from the sex-offender registry.
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee in South Carolina on an unstated date advanced S.29, a bill that would add morphed images of identifiable children to the state's first-, second- and third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor statutes and adjust related sex-offender registry rules.
The bill, described to the panel by staff member Mara, would treat offenses that involve a morphed image of an identifiable child differently from other exploitation offenses: minors charged for morphed-image offenses would be charged with a misdemeanor for a first offense and their cases would be heard in family court, where the court could order behavioral counseling. Mara told the committee the measure would "add exceptions…
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