republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-866.md

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Bill	Municipal Tax Relief Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "MUNICIPAL TAX RELIEF ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 41 TO TITLE 5 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPOSE UP TO A ONE PERCENT SALES TAX TO PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO OWNER-OCCUPIED HOMES AND TO FINANCE CERTAIN PROJECTS, TO SPECIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE TAX MUST BE IMPOSED AND ADMINISTERED AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT IS CALCULATED. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 866	South Carolina S 866 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Elliott Turner	7	22	2	2026-01-29	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/90b24635-7655-43d4-8783-e9fd9628189d	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=866&session=126&summary=B	36c8388407a0e96dce2fae28de1b2cadb8a9d9a2370a10f48d40f9e03f1e7740	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 866 (2025-2026) — Municipal Tax Relief Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "MUNICIPAL TAX RELIEF ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 41 TO TITLE 5 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPOSE UP TO A ONE PERCENT SALES TAX TO PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO OWNER-OCCUPIED HOMES AND TO FINANCE CERTAIN PROJECTS, TO SPECIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE TAX MUST BE IMPOSED AND ADMINISTERED AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT IS CALCULATED. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/24/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/30/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/04/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 96–16 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 32–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elliott — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Committee report: Favorable Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-01 Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-9
• 2026-04-15 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-16 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2026-04-30 Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-04 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-05 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Cromer, Gilreath, Harris, White, Edgerton, Beach
• 2026-05-07 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Cromer, Edgerton, White, Harris, Beach, Gilreath
• 2026-05-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-16
• 2026-05-14 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 238
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/19/26
• 2026-06-03 Act No. 228

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90b24635-7655-43d4-8783-e9fd9628189d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).