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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Speech-Language Pathologists Assistants exemptions"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-67-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ASSISTANTS UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION SHALL ADHERE TO CERTAIN GUIDELINES; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-30, RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERNS AND ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-260, RELATING TO THE COMPLETION OF CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS FOR LICENSE RENEWAL, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-280, RELATING TO THE COMPLETION OF CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS FOR INACTIVE LICENSE REACTIVATIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-300, RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CHAPTER, SO AS TO REVISE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS; TO REDESIGNATE CHAPTER 67, TITLE 40 AS \"SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS\"; AND TO REPEAL ACT 124 OF 2015 RELATING TO THE TEMPORARY EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ASSISTANTS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM A REGIONALLY ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 277"
+citation: "South Carolina S 277 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-12-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09285fc4-37be-4f49-872f-706baa6f600c"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=277&session=123&summary=B"
+source_hash: "127543050d5701e073215e61cf8579087514da47fd929b3c299bb2d847b9cd33"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
+---
+
+# South Carolina S 277 (2019-2020) — Speech-Language Pathologists Assistants exemptions
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-67-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ASSISTANTS UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION SHALL ADHERE TO CERTAIN GUIDELINES; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-30, RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERNS AND ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-260, RELATING TO THE COMPLETION OF CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS FOR LICENSE RENEWAL, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-280, RELATING TO THE COMPLETION OF CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS FOR INACTIVE LICENSE REACTIVATIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE; TO AMEND SECTION 40-67-300, RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CHAPTER, SO AS TO REVISE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS; TO REDESIGNATE CHAPTER 67, TITLE 40 AS "SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS"; AND TO REPEAL ACT 124 OF 2015 RELATING TO THE TEMPORARY EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ASSISTANTS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM A REGIONALLY ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/277.htm)
+2. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/277_20181212.htm)
+3. **2/21/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/277_20190221.htm)
+4. **2/22/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/277_20190222.htm)
+5. **3/5/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/277_20190305.htm)
+6. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/277_20190501.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Senn — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-21** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-22** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2019-03-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-05** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2019-03-06** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
+- **2019-05-08** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-09** Ratified R 47
+- **2019-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-17** Effective date 05/13/19
+- **2019-05-21** Act No. 34
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09285fc4-37be-4f49-872f-706baa6f600c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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