COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and others are pushing for the passage of a bill they say would streamline investigations into child predators.
During a news conference at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, Wilson urged lawmakers to pass S. 74, commonly known as the administrative subpoena bill, before this legislative session ends.
Under current state law, the Attorney General’s Office must request a subpoena for electric records from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in order to discover the owner of an electronic device that appears to have been used to upload or download child sexual abuse material.
If passed, the Administrative Subpoena Bill would allow for the Attorney General to issue the subpoena himself, which Wilson states would save law enforcement “days or even weeks” on the hundreds of cases they process.