republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3247.md

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Bill	Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE "WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT AND MILITARY RECOGNITION ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-1171, RELATING TO THE MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME DEDUCTION, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEDUCTION OF ALL MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3247	South Carolina H 3247 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Allison B. Cox B. Newton Ballentine Blackwell Bradley Crawford Davis Erickson Felder Fry G.M. Smith Herbkersman Hixon Huggins McGarry R. Williams V.S. Moss W. Cox W. Newton Weeks White Yow	7	28	2	2020-12-09	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/f7aa6809-419b-487f-9786-78a1a842b623	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3247&session=124&summary=B	0e5ec170793036a64143dc669b669dc958c63ff61c508f968fbc21f4568f6968	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3247 (2021-2022) — Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE "WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT AND MILITARY RECOGNITION ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-1171, RELATING TO THE MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME DEDUCTION, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEDUCTION OF ALL MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/16/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/11/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allison — primary (person)
• B. Cox — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• McGarry — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)
• W. Cox — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
• 2022-02-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins, Erickson, Bradley, Allison, Felder, B.Newton
• 2022-02-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Herbkersman
• 2022-02-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, Davis
• 2022-02-10 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks, McGarry, White, W.Cox
• 2022-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams, Blackwell, Crawford, Fry, Hixon
• 2022-02-16 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-16 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2022-02-17 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-10 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-11 Reconsidered Committee report
• 2022-05-11 Committee Report Withdrawn
• 2022-05-11 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 198
• 2022-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/13/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 156

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7aa6809-419b-487f-9786-78a1a842b623. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).