republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3985.md

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Bill	IRS Code	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO STATE INCOME TAX LAWS, SO AS TO UPDATE THE REFERENCE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO THE YEAR 2018 AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTIONS ADOPTED BY THIS STATE ARE EXTENDED, THEN THESE SECTIONS ALSO ARE EXTENDED FOR SOUTH CAROLINA INCOME TAX PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 3985	South Carolina H 3985 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	G.M. Smith Lucas Stavrinakis	4	15	2	2019-02-14	2019-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/888844f5-e78e-4523-9b81-0095819f9402	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3985&session=123&summary=B	f181881dbbf82ac31486d83425ffe82b0d03fcc71d2b978c062c9dc247676625	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3985 (2019-2020) — IRS Code

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO STATE INCOME TAX LAWS, SO AS TO UPDATE THE REFERENCE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO THE YEAR 2018 AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTIONS ADOPTED BY THIS STATE ARE EXTENDED, THEN THESE SECTIONS ALSO ARE EXTENDED FOR SOUTH CAROLINA INCOME TAX PURPOSES. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/14/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/14/2019-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/12/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Lucas — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-21 Debate adjourned until Wed., 2-27-19
• 2019-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-27 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2019-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Committee report: Favorable Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-03-14 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2019-03-20 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-27 Ratified R 25
• 2019-03-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Effective date 03/28/19
• 2019-04-08 Act No. 16

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/888844f5-e78e-4523-9b81-0095819f9402. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).