South Carolina House Bill 3785 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-06-05 - Act No. 68
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend Section 40-2-10, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Purposes For Which Meetings Of The Board Of Accountancy May Be Closed To The Public, So As To Provide Meetings May Be Closed To Protect Certain Confidential Information; To Amend Section 40-2-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Regulation Of Certified Public Accountants And Public Accountants, So As To Revise A Definition; To Amend Section 40-2-35, Relating To Examination Requirements For Licensure By The Board, So As To Remove The Requirement That Certain Examinations Be Computer-based; To Amend Section 40-2-40, Relating To Continuing Education Requirements For Noncertified Public Accountant Owners Of Certified Public Accounting Firms, So As To Include Certain Ethics Requirements; To Amend Section 40-2-80, Relating To The Confidential Treatment Of Certain Evidence Obtained During Investigations By The Board, So As To Provide All Proceedings And Inquiries Related To The Investigations Are Confidential Except When The Subject Of An Investigation Waives Confidentiality Of The Existence Of The Complaint; To Amend Section 40-2-90, Relating To Investigations By The Board, So As To Provide Disciplinary Hearings By The Board Must Be Open To The Public Except In Certain Circumstances And All Evidence Must Be Made Part Of The Record In The Proceedings; To Amend Section 40-2-240, Relating To Licensure Of Out-of-state Persons By The Board, So As To Provide Alternative Criteria For Such Licensure; And To Amend Section 40-2-340, Relating To Disclaimers That Accounting Practitioners And Accounting Practitioner Firms Must Use When Associating Their Names With Certain Compiled Financial Statements, So As To Remove The Existing Boilerplate Language Required And Instead Provide Such Disclaimers Must Comply With Certain National Standards. - Ratified Title

Accountants

Rep. William Sandifer [R]	Rep. Leon Howard [D]	Rep. Anne Thayer [R]	Rep. John West [R]
Rep. David Weeks [D]

2019-05-09 - House - House: Concur In Senate Amendments (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 29 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-05-08 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 106 N: 0 NV: 13 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-05		Act No. 68
2019-05-31		Effective date 05/16/19
2019-05-16		Signed By Governor
2019-05-13		Ratified R 88
2019-05-09	House	Roll call Yeas-91 Nays-0
2019-05-09	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
2019-05-09	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments
2019-05-08	Senate	Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
2019-05-08	Senate	Read second time
2019-05-08	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2019-04-30	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-04-04		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-04-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-04-04	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2019-04-04	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2019-04-03	House	Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
2019-04-03	House	Read second time
2019-04-03	House	Amended
2019-04-02	House	Debate adjourned until Wed., 4-3-19
2019-03-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-03-27	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
2019-03-26	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-01-29	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-01-29	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	2	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	240	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	340	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	2	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3785&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190129.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190326.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190327.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190403.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190404.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190430.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3785_20190508.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16249
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16733
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16855