---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lexington County School District Property Tax Relief Act extension"
description: "AN ACT TO EXTEND THE ONE PERCENT SALES TAX IMPOSED BY ACT 378 OF 2004, AS AMENDED, THE LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT, FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN YEARS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 4187"
citation: "South Carolina H 4187 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballentine", "Calhoon", "Caskey", "Forrest", "Govan", "Kilmartin", "May", "McCabe", "Taylor", "White", "Wooten"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7ea8d6-89c8-4754-8776-ed8d037bf155"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4187&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "0a7e168cfdd54acf6c29e822e462d79cf4fe7b1493f8d896f83ce4953d19887f"
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 4187 (2025-2026) — Lexington County School District Property Tax Relief Act extension

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE ONE PERCENT SALES TAX IMPOSED BY ACT 378 OF 2004, AS AMENDED, THE LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT, FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN YEARS. - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/4187.htm)
2. **03/20/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4187_20250320.htm)
3. **04/09/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4187_20250409.htm)
4. **04/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4187_20250415.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballentine — primary (person)
- Calhoon — primary (person)
- Caskey — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Govan — primary (person)
- Kilmartin — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCabe — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-20** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Lexington Delegation
- **2025-04-09** Delegation report: Favorable Lexington Delegation
- **2025-04-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-0
- **2025-04-10** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2025-04-11** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2025-04-23** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 25
- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
- **2025-06-05** Act No. 89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c7ea8d6-89c8-4754-8776-ed8d037bf155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).