South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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A25, R37, H3664

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hewitt, Hixon, Stavrinakis, Crawford, Kirby, B. Cox, Anderson, Erickson, Bradley, Murray and B. Newton
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17923wab21.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2021
Introduced in the Senate on March 3, 2021
Passed by the General Assembly on April 20, 2021
Governor's Action: April 26, 2021, Signed

Summary: Criminal background checks

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/14/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 540)
   1/14/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 540)
    2/2/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Crawford
   2/18/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirby, B.Cox, 
                        Anderson
   2/24/2021  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 4)
   2/25/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, 
                        Bradley, Murray
    3/2/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton
    3/2/2021  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 37)
    3/2/2021  House   Roll call Yeas-114  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 38)
    3/3/2021  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 13)
    3/3/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13)
    3/3/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 13)
    4/8/2021  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 15)
   4/14/2021  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/14/2021  Senate  Roll call Ayes-41  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/20/2021  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 13)
   4/22/2021          Ratified R  37
   4/26/2021          Signed By Governor
   4/28/2021          Effective date  04/26/21
   4/28/2021          Act No.  25

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/14/2021
2/24/2021
4/8/2021


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A25, R37, H3664)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-57-115, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL LICENSURE BY THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION, SO AS TO REQUIRE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER-BASED CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS IN ADDITION TO EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Initial licensure background check criteria, social security numbers

SECTION    1.    Section 40-57-115 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 40-57-115.    In addition to other requirements established by law and for the purpose of determining an applicant's eligibility for licensure as a salesman, broker, broker-in-charge, property manager, and property manager-in-charge, the commission shall require initial applicants and applicants for licensure renewal to submit to a state fingerprint-based criminal records check, to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED); a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the FBI; and a social security number-based criminal records check from a source approved by the commission. Costs of conducting a criminal records check must be borne by the applicant. The commission shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential, except that information relied upon in denying licensure may be disclosed as necessary to support the administrative action."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 22nd day of April, 2021.

Approved the 26th day of April, 2021.

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