republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-158.md

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Bill	Real estate brokers and insurance producers, continuing education requirement exemptions	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-57-340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO THE BIENNIAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS WHO HAVE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LICENSURE AND ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; TO AMEND SECTION 35-1-411, RELATING TO POSTREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SUCH REGISTERED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OR MORE OF LICENSURE AND ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-43-106, RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SUCH INSURANCE PRODUCERS WHO HAVE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OR MORE OF LICENSURE AND ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 158	South Carolina S 158 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Scott	7	25	4	2020-12-09	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/7c9000b5-c85c-40fd-84a1-ee39709a7d38	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=158&session=124&summary=B	3939e5481a2ee5a0372afc9f4454075f8009b77d146651e8857e08d7001b5c62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 158 (2021-2022) — Real estate brokers and insurance producers, continuing education requirement exemptions

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-57-340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO THE BIENNIAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS WHO HAVE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LICENSURE AND ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; TO AMEND SECTION 35-1-411, RELATING TO POSTREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SUCH REGISTERED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OR MORE OF LICENSURE AND ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-43-106, RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR SUCH INSURANCE PRODUCERS WHO HAVE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OR MORE OF LICENSURE AND ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/4/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/28/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/12/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• to adopt — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-04 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2021-02-09 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2022-04-28 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-04 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0
• 2022-05-05 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-11 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2022-05-11 Returned to House with amendments
• 2022-05-12 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-12 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 167
• 2022-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/16/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 167

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c9000b5-c85c-40fd-84a1-ee39709a7d38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).