---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax, exemptions"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT A RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE PROPERTY HAVING A NAMEPLATE CAPACITY OF AND OPERATING AT NO GREATER THAN TWENTY KILOWATTS, AND TO REMOVE PROVISIONS OF THE EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATIONS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3354"
citation: "South Carolina H 3354 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballentine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1500bce7-fba0-43a0-80dc-dd7edf2a80bd"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3354&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "5e9cbcd501e4cf9b798e9f951a801cf5efe25d9ea54e14a1f48e9ab748bc1805"
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 3354 (2021-2022) — Property tax, exemptions

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT A RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE PROPERTY HAVING A NAMEPLATE CAPACITY OF AND OPERATING AT NO GREATER THAN TWENTY KILOWATTS, AND TO REMOVE PROVISIONS OF THE EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATIONS. - 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/3354.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3354_20201209.htm)
3. **3/18/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3354_20210318.htm)
4. **5/5/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3354_20210505.htm)
5. **5/6/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3354_20210506.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **107–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballentine — 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`
- **2021-03-18** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-4
- **2021-04-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2021-05-11** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-1
- **2021-05-13** Ratified R 84
- **2021-05-17** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Effective date 05/17/21
- **2021-06-01** Act No. 68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1500bce7-fba0-43a0-80dc-dd7edf2a80bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).