republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3605.md

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Bill	Earn and Learn Act of 2023	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "EARN AND LEARN ACT OF 2023", BY AMENDING SECTION 40-1-80, RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS OF LICENSEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR TO SEND INFORMATION REGARDING AN INVESTIGATION TO THE LICENSEE; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-1-90, RELATING TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROCEEDINGS, SO AS TO ALLOW A LICENSEE TO REQUEST CERTIFICATION OF AN INVESTIGATION FROM THE DIRECTOR; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-1-140, RELATING TO EFFECT OF PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF APPLICANTS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DENIAL OF A LICENSE BASED SOLELY OR IN PART ON A PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 40-1-77 SO AS TO PROVIDE A METHOD TO ALLOW A WORKER TO EARN A PAYCHECK WHILE FULFILLING APPLICABLE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3605	South Carolina H 3605 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Beach Blackwell Burns Carter Caskey Elliott Forrest G.M. Smith Kirby Ligon Long Magnuson May Oremus Pace Sandifer	10	30	3	2023-01-11	2023-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a8a34c62-a05d-45fb-9647-212926bb7445	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3605&session=125&summary=B	7e651d09b73346f5a54775387ece2171435423bce02e7be2c3dec698ed4b2d4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3605 (2023-2024) — Earn and Learn Act of 2023

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "EARN AND LEARN ACT OF 2023", BY AMENDING SECTION 40-1-80, RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS OF LICENSEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR TO SEND INFORMATION REGARDING AN INVESTIGATION TO THE LICENSEE; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-1-90, RELATING TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROCEEDINGS, SO AS TO ALLOW A LICENSEE TO REQUEST CERTIFICATION OF AN INVESTIGATION FROM THE DIRECTOR; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-1-140, RELATING TO EFFECT OF PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF APPLICANTS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DENIAL OF A LICENSE BASED SOLELY OR IN PART ON A PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 40-1-77 SO AS TO PROVIDE A METHOD TO ALLOW A WORKER TO EARN A PAYCHECK WHILE FULFILLING APPLICABLE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/11/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/27/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 1/31/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 1/31/2023-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/1/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/7/2023 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/8/2023 (committee substitute) — source
9. 4/13/2023 (committee substitute) — source
10. 4/14/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Beach — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• May — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pace — primary (person)
• Sandifer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-11 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2023-01-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter
• 2023-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirby, Oremus
• 2023-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Magnuson, Pace, Long, Elliott, Burns, May, Beach
• 2023-01-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Blackwell, B.Newton, Caskey, Ligon
• 2023-01-31 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-01-31 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2023-02-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-01 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2023-02-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-07 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-04-13 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-04-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-04-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-04-13 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2023-04-14 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-04-18 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-20 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-26 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2023-04-26 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2023-05-02 Ratified R 21
• 2023-05-08 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-10 Effective date 05/08/23
• 2023-05-10 Act No. 13

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8a34c62-a05d-45fb-9647-212926bb7445. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).