South Carolina H 3336: Income tax credit

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2025-2026 Bill 3336 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3336

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTIONS 31-21-40, 31-21-50, AND 31-21-60, ALL RELATING TO HOUSING 
DISCRIMINATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE DISCRIMINATED 
AGAINST DUE TO DISABILITY OR SOURCE OF INCOME.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 31-21-40, 31-21-50, and 31-21-60 of the S.C. 
Code are amended to read:

 Section 
31-21-40. It is unlawful:

 (1) 
to refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to 
negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise to make unavailable or deny a 
dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap or disability, familial status, or national origin, or source of 
income;

 (2) 
to discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of 
sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in 
connection with it, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap or disability, familial status, or national origin, or source of 
income;

 (3) 
to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any 
notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a 
dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on 
race, color, religion, sex, handicap or disability, 
familial status, or national origin, or source of income or an intention to make the 
preference, limitation, or discrimination;

 (4) 
to represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap or disability, familial status, or national 
origin, or source of income that any dwelling is 
not available for inspection, sale, or rental when the dwelling is available;

 (5) 
for profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any 
dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the 
neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap or disability, familial status, or national origin, source of income;

 (6) 
to discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap or disability of:

 (a) 
that buyer or renter;

 (b) 
a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, 
rented, or made available; or

 (c) 
any person associated with that buyer or renter;

 (7) 
to discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of 
sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in 
connection with the dwelling, because of a handicap or 
disability of:

 (a) 
that person;

 (b) 
a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, 
rented, or made available; or

 (c) 
any person associated with that person.

 Section 
31-21-50. It is unlawful to deny any person access to, or membership or 
participation in, any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' 
organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the 
business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate against him in the 
terms or conditions of the access, membership, or participation on account of 
race, color, religion, sex, handicap or disability, 
familial status, or national origin, or source of income.

 Section 
31-21-60. (A) It is unlawful for 
any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real 
estate-related transactions to discriminate against any person in making 
available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of the transaction, 
because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap or 
disability, familial status, or national 
origin, or source of income.

 (B) 
As used in this section, "residential real estate-related transaction" means 
any of the following:

 (1) 
the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance:

 (a) 
for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; 
or

 (b) 
secured by residential real estate;

 (2) 
the selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property.

 (C) 
Nothing in this chapter prohibits a person engaged in the business of 
furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other 
than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap 
or disability, or familial status, or source of income.

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

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