Bill Text: SC H3693 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Discriminatory housing practices

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H3693 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3693-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 31-21-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A LANDLORD FROM REQUESTING A CREDIT REPORT OR USING THE CREDIT SCORE OF A PERSON TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO ENTER INTO A RENTAL AGREEMENT OR SETTING THE RENTAL RATE FOR A DWELLING.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 31-21-40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:

        "( )    to request a credit report or use the credit score of a person to determine:

            (a)    whether to refuse to rent a dwelling to said person; or

            (b)    the rental rate for a dwelling unit."

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