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type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate brokers and insurance producers, continuing education requirement exemptions"
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 158"
citation: "South Carolina S 158 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c9000b5-c85c-40fd-84a1-ee39709a7d38"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=158&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "3939e5481a2ee5a0372afc9f4454075f8009b77d146651e8857e08d7001b5c62"
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 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](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/158.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/158_20201209.htm)
3. **2/2/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/158_20210202.htm)
4. **2/4/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/158_20210204.htm)
5. **4/28/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/158_20220428.htm)
6. **5/12/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/158_20220512.htm)
7. **5/4/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/158_20220504.htm)
## Votes
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **1040** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **420** (pass) · upper
- to adopt — **410** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **990** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c9000b5-c85c-40fd-84a1-ee39709a7d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).