---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cigarettes for heating"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-21-620, RELATING TO TAX RATES ON PRODUCTS CONTAINING TOBACCO, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A TAX ON CIGARETTES FOR HEATING AND CERTAIN VAPOR PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 4303"
citation: "South Carolina H 4303 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer", "Cobb-Hunter", "Gagnon", "Gatch", "Guest", "Guffey", "Hosey", "M.M. Smith", "Rutherford", "Sessions", "Weeks", "Yow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d20bc09-b3f4-47b0-ac16-1348103a4246"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4303&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "987dfd59d8fe291b70ee2d5eddcc77e20899f3265e14c0181c49ab726f77c955"
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 4303 (2025-2026) — Cigarettes for heating

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-21-620, RELATING TO TAX RATES ON PRODUCTS CONTAINING TOBACCO, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A TAX ON CIGARETTES FOR HEATING AND CERTAIN VAPOR PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES. - 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/4303.htm)
2. **03/18/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4303_20260318.htm)
3. **04/03/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4303_20250403.htm)
4. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4303_20250430.htm)
5. **05/01/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4303_20250501.htm)
6. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4303_20260513.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **91–18** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)
- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Gagnon — primary (person)
- Gatch — primary (person)
- Guest — primary (person)
- Guffey — primary (person)
- Hosey — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Rutherford — primary (person)
- Sessions — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-03** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hosey
- **2025-04-24** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
- **2025-04-30** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Roll call Yeas-93 Nays-6
- **2025-05-01** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2025-05-02** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-13** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-13** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-4
- **2026-05-14** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-14** Roll call Yeas-91 Nays-18
- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 247
- **2026-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/19/2026
- **2026-06-03** Act No. 234

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d20bc09-b3f4-47b0-ac16-1348103a4246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).