---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales Tax Exemption"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-36-2120, RELATING TO SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXEMPTION FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3563"
citation: "South Carolina H 3563 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer", "Beach", "Cobb-Hunter", "Collins", "Cromer", "Dillard", "Hart", "Henderson-Myers", "Henegan", "J.L. Johnson", "Oremus", "Pace", "Trantham", "W. Jones", "Wheeler", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25108dff-8f93-4483-8a33-9cf9d6ba2d1a"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3563&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "f45121e6666a1d8710a5e3d8f0a6137459265a305956430de35648c15e437ace"
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 3563 (2023-2024) — Sales Tax Exemption

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-36-2120, RELATING TO SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXEMPTION FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3563.htm)
2. **03/30/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3563_20230330.htm)
3. **04/24/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3563_20240424.htm)
4. **12/15/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3563_20221215.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer — primary (person)
- Beach — primary (person)
- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Collins — primary (person)
- Cromer — primary (person)
- Dillard — primary (person)
- Hart — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- Henegan — primary (person)
- J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Oremus — primary (person)
- Pace — primary (person)
- Trantham — primary (person)
- W. Jones — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-15** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-15** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins, Bauer
- **2023-03-30** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard, W.Jones
- **2023-03-30** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler
- **2023-04-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart, J.L.Johnson, Henegan, Williams, Trantham, Oremus, Cromer, Beach, Henderson-Myers
- **2023-04-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2023-04-06** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Polled out of committee Finance
- **2024-04-24** Committee report: Favorable Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
- **2024-05-01** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 146
- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date 05/13/24
- **2024-05-29** Act No. 131

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25108dff-8f93-4483-8a33-9cf9d6ba2d1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).