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type: "Bill"
title: "Property tax exemptions, rural telephone cooperatives"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO FURTHER SPECIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE EXEMPTION OF PROPERTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANIES AND RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 5144"
citation: "South Carolina H 5144 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G.M. Smith", "Jefferson", "Kirby", "Lowe", "R. Williams", "Weeks", "Wheeler", "Yow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-29"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/801f4b99-992f-4d65-aab5-d6c588466960"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5144&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "8d19217f7f9210aaea4afcd89b77c16d28cfa173ee2e41e733a970de25e51774"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 5144 (2021-2022) — Property tax exemptions, rural telephone cooperatives
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO FURTHER SPECIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE EXEMPTION OF PROPERTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANIES AND RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES. - ratified title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/5144.htm)
2. **3/29/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5144_20220329.htm)
3. **3/31/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5144_20220331.htm)
4. **5/11/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5144_20220511.htm)
5. **5/3/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5144_20220503.htm)
6. **5/5/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5144_20220505.htm)
## Votes
- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Amendment 1 — **106–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- G.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Jefferson — primary (person)
- Kirby — primary (person)
- Lowe — primary (person)
- R. Williams — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-29** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler
- **2022-03-31** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lowe, Kirby
- **2022-03-31** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
- **2022-04-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams, Jefferson, Yow
- **2022-04-06** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Dabney, Gatch, May, McCravy, Bennett, Wooten, Jones
- **2022-04-06** Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). McCravy, Jones, Dabney, May, Wooten, Gatch, Bennett
- **2022-04-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
- **2022-04-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2022-05-10** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2022-05-11** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
- **2022-05-11** Returned to Senate with amendments
- **2022-05-12** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 229
- **2022-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31** Effective date 05/16/22
- **2022-05-31** Act No. 203
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/801f4b99-992f-4d65-aab5-d6c588466960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).