republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-5144.md

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Bill	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	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 5144	South Carolina H 5144 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	G.M. Smith Jefferson Kirby Lowe R. Williams Weeks Wheeler Yow	6	27	3	2022-03-29	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/801f4b99-992f-4d65-aab5-d6c588466960	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5144&session=124&summary=B	8d19217f7f9210aaea4afcd89b77c16d28cfa173ee2e41e733a970de25e51774	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 3/29/2022 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/11/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/3/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/801f4b99-992f-4d65-aab5-d6c588466960. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).