A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-37-250, RELATING TO THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ALLOWED FOR PERSONS WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS, DISABLED, OR LEGALLY BLIND, SO AS TO INCREASE THE EXEMPTION AMOUNT FROM THE FIRST FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 12-37-245 RELATING TO AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
Sponsored By: Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope (Republican)
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Summary
Homestead Exemption
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Heather Bauer
Democrat • House
Beth E. Bernstein
Democrat • House
Phillip Bowers
Republican • House
Gary S. Brewer, Jr.
Republican • House
Cody T. Mitchell
Republican • House
Donald G. "Don" Chapman
Republican • House
William "Bill" Clyburn
Democrat • House
Chandra E. Dillard
Democrat • House
Kambrell H. Garvin
Democrat • House
Hamilton R. Grant
Democrat • House
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers, Ph.D.
Democrat • House
Lonnie Hosey
Democrat • House
Wendell K. Jones
Democrat • House
John Richard C. King
Democrat • House
John T. Lastinger, Jr.
Republican • House
M. Brian Lawson
Republican • House
Jason Luck
Democrat • House
Marvin "Mark" Smith
Republican • House
David Martin
Republican • House
Fawn M. Pedalino
Republican • House
Robby Robbins
Republican • House
Richard Blake Sanders
Republican • House
Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder
Democrat • House
Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis
Democrat • House
Bill Taylor
Republican • House
Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore
Democrat • House
Paul B. Wickensimer
Republican • House
Robert Q. Williams
Democrat • House
Roll Call Votes
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Actions Timeline
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
2/12/2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, M.M.Smith
2/5/2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
1/13/2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Garvin, Grant, Bernstein, Bauer, King, Henderson-Myers, Clyburn, Luck, Williams, Hosey, Spann-Wilder
2/12/2025HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders
2/11/2025HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard, Jones, Wickensimer
2/4/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/14/2025HouseIntroduced and read first time
1/14/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Ways and Means
12/5/2024HousePrefiled
12/5/2024House
Bill Text
Introduced
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