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S728 • 2026

Tax Free Month

Tax Free Month

Taxes
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Sponsor
Senators Fernandez, Sutton, Leber, Reichenbach, Zell and Devine
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Referred to Committee on Finance ( Senate Journal-page 34 )
Effective date
Not listed

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Tax Free Month

Tax Free Month

What This Bill Does

  • Tax Free Month

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 34 )

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Finance ( Senate Journal-page 34 )

  3. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Prefiled

  4. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Finance

Official Summary Text

Tax Free Month

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 728: Tax Free Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 728
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Fernandez, Sutton, Leber, Reichenbach, Zell and Devine
Document Path: SR-0395KM25.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Finance
Summary: Tax Free Month
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Finance

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 34
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Finance
(
Senate Journal-page 34
)

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legislative information
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/10/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
12-36-2120
, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM SALES TAX, SO AS TO EXTEND TAX
FREE WEEKEND TO THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST.

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

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
12-36-2120
(57)(a) of the S.C. Code is amended
to read:

(
57)
(
a) sales taking place during a
period beginning 12:01 a.m. on
the first Friday in August
August first
and ending at twelve midnight
the following Sunday
August
thirty-first
of:

(
i)
clothing;

(
ii)
clothing accessories including, but not limited to, hats, scarves, hosiery, and
handbags;

(
iii)
footwear;

(
iv)
school supplies including, but not limited to, pens, pencils, paper, binders,
notebooks, books, bookbags, lunchboxes, and calculators;

(
v)
computers, printers and printer supplies, and computer software;

(
vi)
bath wash clothes, blankets, bed spreads, bed linens, sheet sets, comforter
sets, bath towels, shower curtains, bath rugs and mats, pillows, and pillow
cases.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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