republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3841.md

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Bill	Property tax	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-43-220, RELATING TO ASSESSMENT RATIOS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, PROPERTY RECEIVING THE FOUR PERCENT ASSESSMENT RATIO SHALL CONTINUE AT FOUR PERCENT WHEN THE OWNER DIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 12-37-460 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY WHEN THE OWNER DIES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3841	South Carolina H 3841 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Bailey Brewer Bustos Davis Hardee Hartnett Hewitt Kirby Landing Lawson M.M. Smith Murphy Teeple Weeks Yow	6	22	3	2025-01-30	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/24826a03-db40-49d8-b3de-1744a795049d	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3841&session=126&summary=B	2b18435d71d66462234b587106515c316d4e004b76cffe85669c06c730cde5a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3841 (2025-2026) — Property tax

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-43-220, RELATING TO ASSESSMENT RATIOS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, PROPERTY RECEIVING THE FOUR PERCENT ASSESSMENT RATIO SHALL CONTINUE AT FOUR PERCENT WHEN THE OWNER DIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 12-37-460 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY WHEN THE OWNER DIES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/03/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/08/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Landing — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Teeple — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2025-04-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-09 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Committee report: Favorable Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-05-07 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 183
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date See Act for Effective Date
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 140

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24826a03-db40-49d8-b3de-1744a795049d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).