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Bill	DMV-Real ID compliant driver's license	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EVIDENCE REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO REVISE THIS EVIDENCE TO INCLUDE GENDER, PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, LEGAL NAME CHANGE, AND AUTHORIZED LENGTH OF STAY IN THIS COUNTRY, TO PROVIDE THIS EVIDENCE APPLIES TO APPLICANTS SEEKING TO OBTAIN OR RENEW DRIVERS' LICENSES, BEGINNERS' PERMITS, OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS, TO REVISE THE TYPES OF EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO VERIFY THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF APPLICANTS, TO PROVIDE THE TYPES OF EVIDENCE APPLICANTS WHOSE NAMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE BIRTH MUST PRESENT TO SHOW NAME TRACEABILITY, TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS MAY HAVE DRIVERS' LICENSES OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED IN THEIR PREFERRED NAMES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT REAL IDS SHALL NOT BE ISSUED IN THE CASE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS NOT VALIDATING; AND TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-140, AS AMENDED, 56-1-50, AS AMENDED, 56-1-2100, AS AMENDED, AND 56-1-3370, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS' LICENSES, BEGINNERS' PERMITS, COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES, AND SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THEY MUST CONTAIN UNOBSTRUCTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE APPLICANTS, AND TO PROVIDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN COLOR. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 4319	South Carolina H 4319 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Alexander Allison Bennett Bernstein Calhoon Crawford Dillard Erickson Felder Henderson-Myers Henegan Huggins Jefferson Kirby Matthews McCabe McDaniel McGarry Murray Oremus R. Williams	10	25	4	2021-05-04	2022-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/00ddaf48-fba2-43e9-a30b-c2b4f51eeb49	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4319&session=124&summary=B	b8f2ca6f44ce6c4b53f60c7cd51fceb0c556dce3c3b10b1041af1a5a01cd6265	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4319 (2021-2022) — DMV-Real ID compliant driver's license

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EVIDENCE REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO REVISE THIS EVIDENCE TO INCLUDE GENDER, PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, LEGAL NAME CHANGE, AND AUTHORIZED LENGTH OF STAY IN THIS COUNTRY, TO PROVIDE THIS EVIDENCE APPLIES TO APPLICANTS SEEKING TO OBTAIN OR RENEW DRIVERS' LICENSES, BEGINNERS' PERMITS, OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS, TO REVISE THE TYPES OF EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO VERIFY THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF APPLICANTS, TO PROVIDE THE TYPES OF EVIDENCE APPLICANTS WHOSE NAMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE BIRTH MUST PRESENT TO SHOW NAME TRACEABILITY, TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS MAY HAVE DRIVERS' LICENSES OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED IN THEIR PREFERRED NAMES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT REAL IDS SHALL NOT BE ISSUED IN THE CASE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS NOT VALIDATING; AND TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-140, AS AMENDED, 56-1-50, AS AMENDED, 56-1-2100, AS AMENDED, AND 56-1-3370, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS' LICENSES, BEGINNERS' PERMITS, COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES, AND SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THEY MUST CONTAIN UNOBSTRUCTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE APPLICANTS, AND TO PROVIDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN COLOR. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/24/2022 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/28/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/1/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/17/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/21/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/23/2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/24/2022 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/4/2021 (committee substitute) — source
10. 5/4/2021-A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Waive Rule 5.15 Printing — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 99–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Allison — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Matthews — primary (person)
• McCabe — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• McGarry — primary (person)
• Murray — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-04 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2021-05-05 Committed to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams, Jefferson
• 2022-03-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Alexander, Kirby
• 2022-02-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-28 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-03-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-1
• 2022-03-02 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-03-23 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-24 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-04-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-04-05 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2022-04-06 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-19 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2022-04-19 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2022-04-21 Ratified R 162
• 2022-04-25 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Effective date 05/11/22
• 2022-05-02 Act No. 148

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00ddaf48-fba2-43e9-a30b-c2b4f51eeb49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).