---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social Work Interstate Compact Act"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE \"SOCIAL WORK INTERSTATE COMPACT ACT\" BY ADDING ARTICLE 3 TO CHAPTER 63, TITLE 40 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE PURPOSE, FUNCTIONS, OPERATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE COMPACT, AMONG OTHER THINGS; BY ADDING SECTION 40-63-32 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS FOR SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE APPLICANTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND PERMITTED USES OF THE RESULTS OF THESE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS; TO DESIGNATE THE EXISTING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 63, TITLE 40 AS ARTICLE 1, ENTITLED \"GENERAL PROVISIONS\"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 23-23-60, RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE ISSUED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY, SO AS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SUCH CERTIFICATION SHALL UNDERGO CERTAIN FINGERPRINT-BASED STATE AND FEDERAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS, TO AUTHORIZE THE RETENTION AND SPECIFIC USES OF SUCH FINGERPRINTS, AND TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION CLASSIFICATIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3752"
citation: "South Carolina H 3752 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B.L. Cox", "Brewer", "C. Mitchell", "Chapman", "Gilliam", "Guffey", "Henderson-Myers", "Lawson", "M.M. Smith", "Oremus", "Pope", "W. Newton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56296854-396a-45c0-86cd-cc4e55324802"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3752&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "682d300bc4172dd83d3537d587f23c65a11f664465387f3fceff9ef8453222f5"
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 H 3752 (2025-2026) — Social Work Interstate Compact Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOCIAL WORK INTERSTATE COMPACT ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 3 TO CHAPTER 63, TITLE 40 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE PURPOSE, FUNCTIONS, OPERATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE COMPACT, AMONG OTHER THINGS; BY ADDING SECTION 40-63-32 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS FOR SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE APPLICANTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND PERMITTED USES OF THE RESULTS OF THESE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS; TO DESIGNATE THE EXISTING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 63, TITLE 40 AS ARTICLE 1, ENTITLED "GENERAL PROVISIONS"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 23-23-60, RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE ISSUED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY, SO AS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SUCH CERTIFICATION SHALL UNDERGO CERTAIN FINGERPRINT-BASED STATE AND FEDERAL CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS, TO AUTHORIZE THE RETENTION AND SPECIFIC USES OF SUCH FINGERPRINTS, AND TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION CLASSIFICATIONS. - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3752.htm)
2. **01/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250115.htm)
3. **04/09/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250409.htm)
4. **04/14/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250414.htm)
5. **04/23/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250423.htm)
6. **04/24/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250424.htm)
7. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250430.htm)
8. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3752_20250506.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **98–11** (pass) · lower
- Table Motion to Recommit — **76–20** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **88–18** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B.L. Cox — primary (person)
- Brewer — primary (person)
- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Chapman — primary (person)
- Gilliam — primary (person)
- Guffey — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Oremus — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lawson
- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pope, C.Mitchell
- **2025-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
- **2025-02-25** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus
- **2025-02-26** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer
- **2025-03-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chapman
- **2025-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, B.L.Cox, W.Newton
- **2025-04-10** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Harris, Gibson, Edgerton, Magnuson, May, and JE Johnson
- **2025-04-10** Debate adjourned
- **2025-04-14** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-04-23** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
- **2025-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Roll call Yeas-88 Nays-18
- **2025-04-24** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-04-30** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-1
- **2025-05-07** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-05-07** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2025-05-08** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-11
- **2025-05-20** Ratified R 94
- **2025-05-22** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date 05/22/25
- **2025-05-27** Act No. 66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56296854-396a-45c0-86cd-cc4e55324802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).