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H5398 • 2026

Motor fuel user fee suspension

Motor fuel user fee suspension

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Sponsor
Reps. Pace, Frank, Beach, Burns, Chumley, Cromer, Gilreath, Harris, McCabe, Edgerton, Magnuson, Kilmartin, D. Mitchell, Huff, Morgan, White and Terribile Companion/Similar bill(s): 1045, 5419, 5422, 5443, 5475
Last action
2026-03-24
Official status
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means ( House Journal-page 37 )
Effective date
Not listed

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Motor fuel user fee suspension

Motor fuel user fee suspension

What This Bill Does

  • Motor fuel user fee suspension

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-24 House

    Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 37 )

  2. 2026-03-24 House

    Referred to Committee on Ways and Means ( House Journal-page 37 )

Official Summary Text

Motor fuel user fee suspension

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 5398: Motor fuel user fee suspension - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5398
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Pace, Frank, Beach, Burns, Chumley, Cromer, Gilreath, Harris, McCabe, Edgerton, Magnuson, Kilmartin, D. Mitchell, Huff, Morgan, White and Terribile
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1045, 5419, 5422, 5443, 5475
Document Path: LC-0478DG26.docx
Introduced in the House on March 24, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Ways and Means
Summary: Motor fuel user fee suspension
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/24/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 37
)

3/24/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 37
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/24/2026

A joint Resolution

TO SUSPEND A PORTION OF
THE IMPOSITION OF THE USER FEE ON GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL AND THE IMPOSITION
OF THE ROAD TAX FOR SIXTY DAYS.

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

S
ECTION 1. The
imposition of the user fee on gasoline and diesel fuel pursuant to Section
12-28-310
(D), and the corresponding amount on the imposition of the road tax
pursuant to Section
56-11-410
are suspended for sixty days from the effective
date of this joint resolution. Upon the conclusion of sixty days, the
impositions are reinstated at the rates set by law.

S
ECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect fifteen
days after approval by the Governor.

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