---
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).