republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4303.md

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Bill	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	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4303	South Carolina H 4303 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Brewer Cobb-Hunter Gagnon Gatch Guest Guffey Hosey M.M. Smith Rutherford Sessions Weeks Yow	6	24	3	2025-04-03	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6d20bc09-b3f4-47b0-ac16-1348103a4246	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4303&session=126&summary=B	987dfd59d8fe291b70ee2d5eddcc77e20899f3265e14c0181c49ab726f77c955	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/03/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/6d20bc09-b3f4-47b0-ac16-1348103a4246. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).