South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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A156, R198, H3247

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, B. Cox, V.S. Moss, Yow, Huggins, Erickson, Bradley, Allison, Felder, B. Newton, W. Newton, Herbkersman, Ballentine, Davis, Weeks, McGarry, White, W. Cox, R. Williams, Blackwell, Crawford, Fry and Hixon
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11095dg21.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 217, 4527

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Introduced in the Senate on February 17, 2022
Last Amended on May 10, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on May 11, 2022
Governor's Action: May 13, 2022, Signed

Summary: Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 129)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 129)
   1/26/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
    2/2/2022  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins, 
                        Erickson, Bradley, Allison, Felder, B.Newton
    2/3/2022  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, 
                        Herbkersman
    2/8/2022  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, 
                        Davis
   2/10/2022  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and 
                        Means (House Journal-page 3)
   2/15/2022  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks, McGarry, 
                        White, W.Cox
   2/16/2022  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams, 
                        Blackwell, Crawford, Fry, Hixon
   2/16/2022  House   Amended (House Journal-page 42)
   2/16/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 42)
   2/16/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-107  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 43)
   2/17/2022  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 38)
   2/17/2022  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   2/17/2022  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 7)
    5/5/2022  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)
   5/10/2022  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 68)
   5/10/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 68)
   5/11/2022  Senate  Reconsidered  Committee report (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/11/2022  Senate  Committee Report Withdrawn (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/11/2022  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/11/2022  Senate  Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/12/2022          Ratified R  198 (Senate Journal-page 217)
   5/13/2022          Signed By Governor
   5/31/2022          Effective date  05/13/22
   5/31/2022          Act No.  156

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020
2/10/2022
2/16/2022
5/5/2022
5/10/2022
5/11/2022


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A156, R198, H3247)

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.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Citation

SECTION    1.    This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act".

Military retirement income tax deduction

SECTION    2.     Section 12-6-1171(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    An individual taxpayer may deduct all military retirement income that is included in South Carolina taxable income."

Time effective

SECTION 3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies to tax years beginning after 2021.

Ratified the 12th day of May, 2022.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2022.

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