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S0176Introduced in the Senate

Certified Public Accountants

Passed

Introduced by Wes Climer, District 15

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Official description

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-2-30, Relating To Requirements For Use Of Professional Designations For Certified Public Accountants And Public Accounts, So As To Apply These Requirements To Usages In Electronic Files And Metadata; By Amending Section 40-2-35, Relating To Requirements For Licensure By The Board Of Accountancy, So As To Revise The Educational And Experience Requirements, To Revise Requirements Concerning The Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam Requirements; By Amending Section 40-2-40, Relating To Entities Required To Register With The Board To Practice As Certified Public Accounting Firms, So As To Require Such Registration Of Firms That Perform Compilation Services, And To Provide Ownership Of Such Firms May Be Held Through A Revocable Grantor Trust; By Amending Section 40-2-70, Relating To Powers And Duties Of The Board, So As To Add Review And Provide Input On Proposed Legislative Changes Related To The Practice Of Accounting As A Power Of The Board; By Amending Section 40-2-80, Relating To Investigations Of Complaints Or Other Information Suggesting Violations, So As To Provide Inspector-investigators Must Have Been Licensed As Certified Public Accountants For At Least The Previous Five Years; By Amending Section 40-2-240, Relating To Requirements For Persons Licensed In Other Jurisdictions To Obtain Licensure By The Board, So As To Provide Reciprocity Licensure Requirements; By Amending Section 40-2-245, Relating To Requirements For Persons Licensed In Other Jurisdictions To Practice In This State Without Licensure By The Board, So As To Revise The Requirements; And By Repealing Section 40-2-20(18) Relating To Definitions Concerning The Board Of Accountancy, Section 40-2-35(h) Relating To Requirements For Licensure By The Board Of Accountancy, And Section 40-2-35(i) Relating To Requirements For Licensure By The Board Of Accountancy. - Ratified Title

Where it stands

Act No. 34

May 19, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House: Passage Of Bill · May 1, 2025

111

Yes

0

No

12

Absent or Not Voting

123 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Introduced and read first time

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

  3. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry

  4. Scrivener's error corrected

  5. Committee Amendment Adopted

  6. Amended

  7. Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0

  8. Scrivener's error corrected

  9. Read third time and sent to House

  10. Introduced and read first time

  11. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

  12. Scrivener's error corrected

  13. Scrivener's error corrected

  14. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry

  15. Amended

  16. Read second time

  17. Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0

  18. Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day

  19. Scrivener's error corrected

  20. Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments

  21. Concurred in House amendment and enrolled

  22. Ratified R 52

  23. Signed By Governor

  24. Effective date 06/30/25

  25. Act No. 34

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