South Carolina H 3234: SC Call Center Jobs Act

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2025-2026 Bill 3234 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3234

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
41-1-115 SO AS TO PROHIBIT AN INDIVIDUAL'S CREDIT SCORE FROM BEING THE BASIS OF 
ANY PERSONNEL ACTION, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 41 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 Section 
41-1-115. (A) An individual's 
credit score must not be the basis of any personnel action including, but not 
limited to, granting an interview to a prospective employee or decisions 
concerning hiring, terminating, demoting, or promoting an employee. A person 
who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty 
dollars or be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

 (B) 
For the purposes of this article:

 (1) 
"Consumer" means an individual person.

 (2) 
"Credit report" means a written, oral, or other communication of any 
information produced by a consumer reporting agency that bears on a consumer's 
creditworthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general 
reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living that is used or 
collected to serve as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for 
credit.

 (3) 
"Credit score" or "risk predictor" or "risk score" means a numeric value or 
categorization derived from a statistical tool or modeling system used to 
predict the likelihood of a consumer's credit behavior, including default.

 (4) 
"Consumer credit reporting agency" means an organization that regularly engages 
in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information, 
creating consumer credit reports, or creating consumer credit scores for use by 
third parties.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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