H4807

South Carolina bill H4807 amends the law on first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, increasing penalties and setting a mandatory minimum.

South Carolina bill H4807 amends Section 16-15-395 of the state code to enhance penalties for first degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The bill specifies that a person commits this offense if they knowingly use, employ, induce, coerce, encourage, or facilitate a minor to engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity for a live performance or to produce material depicting such activity. The bill also allows the trier of fact to infer that a participant in such material is a minor.