# South Carolina

Every law and rule change USCLI tracks for South Carolina, across the professions, on one page. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources.

Source: https://uscli.org/states/south-carolina

## Licensing Ledger

South Carolina licenses private investigation businesses, and registers the investigators they employ, through the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED). No law or rule changed investigator licensing from 2023 through October 2026; the one amendment to the licensing chapter concerned school security. Bills on investigator confidentiality and unlawful tracking died in committee.

[Full South Carolina page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/south-carolina) (1 entry).

- May 12, 2025 — **[School security amendments; investigator provisions unchanged](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/south-carolina#act-36-2025)** — Act No. 36 of 2025 (S.269) — Lets public school districts use armed security personnel if the district obtains a proprietary security license, adds security officer rules for schools (40-18-60(A)(3), 40-18-80(A)(3)), and removes school districts from the government-employee exception…

## Officer Ledger

The Officer Ledger has not published a South Carolina page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker).

## Forensic Ledger

The Forensic Ledger has not published a South Carolina page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker).