republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-196.md

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Bill	Insurance Adjusters	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 91 TO TITLE 38 SO AS TO REGULATE THE LICENSURE OF INSURANCE ADJUSTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; BY ADDING CHAPTER 92 TO TITLE 38 SO AS TO REGULATE THE LICENSURE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 38-1-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION; AND BY REPEALING CHAPTERS 47 AND 48 OF TITLE 38 RELATING TO INSURANCE ADJUSTERS AND PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 196	South Carolina S 196 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Cromer	7	21	2	2025-01-14	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/554df3dd-0434-450c-b26d-9a1d2cadb498	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=196&session=126&summary=B	1f5373fe7af535bd57ae2d101392c998fc78c2ee924fb63a411d87154fb886e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 196 (2025-2026) — Insurance Adjusters

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 91 TO TITLE 38 SO AS TO REGULATE THE LICENSURE OF INSURANCE ADJUSTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; BY ADDING CHAPTER 92 TO TITLE 38 SO AS TO REGULATE THE LICENSURE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 38-1-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION; AND BY REPEALING CHAPTERS 47 AND 48 OF TITLE 38 RELATING TO INSURANCE ADJUSTERS AND PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/14/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/22/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/22/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/22/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/23/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 108–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cromer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2025-04-16 Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-29 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2025-04-30 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-01 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-28 Debate adjourned
• 2026-04-29 Debate adjourned
• 2026-04-30 Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-5-26
• 2026-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-1
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 132
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/19/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 209

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/554df3dd-0434-450c-b26d-9a1d2cadb498. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).