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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE \"WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT AND MILITARY RECOGNITION ACT\"; TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-1171, RELATING TO THE MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME DEDUCTION, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEDUCTION OF ALL MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "H 3247"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3247 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "B. Cox", "B. Newton", "Ballentine", "Blackwell", "Bradley", "Crawford", "Davis", "Erickson", "Felder", "Fry", "G.M. Smith", "Herbkersman", "Hixon", "Huggins", "McGarry", "R. Williams", "V.S. Moss", "W. Cox", "W. Newton", "Weeks", "White", "Yow"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-12-09"
+last_action: "2022-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7aa6809-419b-487f-9786-78a1a842b623"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3247&session=124&summary=B"
+source_hash: "0e5ec170793036a64143dc669b669dc958c63ff61c508f968fbc21f4568f6968"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
+---
+
+# South Carolina H 3247 (2021-2022) — Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE "WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT AND MILITARY RECOGNITION ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-1171, RELATING TO THE MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME DEDUCTION, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEDUCTION OF ALL MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/3247.htm)
+2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3247_20201209.htm)
+3. **2/10/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3247_20220210.htm)
+4. **2/16/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3247_20220216.htm)
+5. **5/10/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3247_20220510.htm)
+6. **5/11/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3247_20220511.htm)
+7. **5/5/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3247_20220505.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allison — primary (person)
+- B. Cox — primary (person)
+- B. Newton — primary (person)
+- Ballentine — primary (person)
+- Blackwell — primary (person)
+- Bradley — primary (person)
+- Crawford — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Erickson — primary (person)
+- Felder — primary (person)
+- Fry — primary (person)
+- G.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Herbkersman — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Huggins — primary (person)
+- McGarry — primary (person)
+- R. Williams — primary (person)
+- V.S. Moss — primary (person)
+- W. Cox — primary (person)
+- W. Newton — primary (person)
+- Weeks — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Yow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
+- **2022-02-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins, Erickson, Bradley, Allison, Felder, B.Newton
+- **2022-02-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Herbkersman
+- **2022-02-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, Davis
+- **2022-02-10** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks, McGarry, White, W.Cox
+- **2022-02-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams, Blackwell, Crawford, Fry, Hixon
+- **2022-02-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-16** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
+- **2022-02-17** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-17** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-17** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-05** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-10** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-10** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-05-11** Reconsidered Committee report
+- **2022-05-11** Committee Report Withdrawn
+- **2022-05-11** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-05-11** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 198
+- **2022-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-31** Effective date 05/13/22
+- **2022-05-31** Act No. 156
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7aa6809-419b-487f-9786-78a1a842b623`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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