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H3876Introduced in the House

Accommodations

Engrossed

Introduced by William Hewitt, District 108

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-36-72 So As To Specify The Party Responsible For Collecting And Remitting Certain Taxes And Fees Imposed On Accommodations; By Amending Section 12-36-70, Relating To The Definition Of Retailer, So As To Include Persons Operating As An Accommodations Intermediary And To Delete An Exception; By Amending Section 12-36-920, Relating To The Accommodations Tax, So As To Specify The Party Responsible For Collecting And Remitting Certain Taxes And Fees Imposed On Accommodations And To Require An Annual Report On Impositions; By Amending Section 6-1-510, Relating To The Local Accommodations Tax, So As To Include Gross Proceeds Of Persons Acting As Merchants Of Record; By Amending Section 6-1-520, Relating To The Local Accommodations Tax, So As To Require A Local Government To Notify The Department Of Revenue And The State Treasurer Of Certain Impositions; By Amending Section 6-1-570, Relating To Remitting The Local Accommodations Tax, So As To Clarify The Tax Is To Be Collected; By Amending Section 6-1-630, Relating To The Beach Preservation Fee, So As To Require The Fee To Be Collected And Remitted In The Same Manner As The Local Accommodations Tax And To Require The Local Government To Notify The Department Of Revenue And The State Treasurer Of The Imposition Of The Fee; And By Amending Section 5-7-30, Relating To The Powers Of A Municipality, So As To Require Certain Uniform Service Changes On Accommodations Be Collected And Remitted In The Same Manner As The Local Accommodations Tax And To Require The Local Government To Notify The Department Of Revenue And The State Treasurer Of The Imposition Of The Fee.

Where it stands

Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance

May 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House: Passage Of Bill · May 8, 2025

66

Yes

38

No

19

Absent or Not Voting

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Bill history

  1. Introduced and read first time

  2. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.L.Cox

  4. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means

  5. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers, Atkinson

  6. Scrivener's error corrected

  7. Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-7-25

  8. Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: McGinnis

  9. Requests for debate-Rep

  10. Amended

  11. Read second time

  12. Roll call Yeas-66 Nays-38

  13. Read third time and sent to Senate

  14. Introduced and read first time

  15. Referred to Committee on Finance

  16. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance

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