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H4596 • 2026

Property Tax Exemption

Property Tax Exemption

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Sponsor
Reps. Holman, C. Mitchell, Pope, Oremus, Edgerton, White, Kilmartin and Schuessler
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
Effective date
Not listed

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Property Tax Exemption

Property Tax Exemption

What This Bill Does

  • Property Tax Exemption

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, Kilmartin

  3. 2026-01-13 House

    Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 32 )

  4. 2026-01-13 House

    Referred to Committee on Ways and Means ( House Journal-page 32 )

  5. 2025-12-16 House

    Prefiled

  6. 2025-12-16 House

    Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

Official Summary Text

Property Tax Exemption

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 4596: Property Tax Exemption - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4596
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Holman, C. Mitchell, Pope, Oremus, Edgerton, White, Kilmartin and Schuessler
Document Path: LC-0441SA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House
Summary: Property Tax Exemption
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/16/2025

House

Prefiled

12/16/2025

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means

1/13/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 32
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 32
)

1/20/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White,
Kilmartin

1/21/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
12-37-220
, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT
CERTAIN INCREASES IN PROPERTY TAX ARE EXEMPT FOR INDIVIDUALS SIXTY-FIVE AND
OLDER.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
12-37-220
(B) of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

(
54) to the extent not already exempt
pursuant to Section
12-37-250
, for an individual who has reached the age of
sixty-five years on or before December thirty-first, any increase in property
tax owed from the time the individual
reached the
age of sixty-five years.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor and first applies to property tax years after 2025.

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