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S0768Introduced in the Senate

Homestead exemption

EngrossedHouse Ways and Means

Introduced by Harvey Peeler, District 14

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-250, Relating To The Homestead Exemption, So As To Increase The Exemption To One Hundred Thousand Dollars And To Reduce The Age Eligibility To Sixty; By Amending Section 12-37-266, Relating To The Homestead Exemption, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 12-37-280, Relating To The Homestead Exemption, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 12-37-290, Relating To The Homestead Exemption, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To General Exemption From Taxes, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 11-11-150, Relating To Deductions For The Trust Fund For Tax Relief, So As To Make A Conforming Change; And By Repealing Section 12-37-245 Relating To The Homestead Exemption.

Where it stands

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

February 24, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate: 3rd Reading · February 19, 2026

44

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

45 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Thomas Alexander1Yes
Rex Rice2Yes
Richard Cash3Yes
Michael Gambrell4Yes
Thomas Corbin5Yes
Jason Elliott6Yes
Karl Allen7Yes
Ross Turner8Yes
Danny Verdin9Yes
Billy Garrett10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced and read first time

  2. Referred to Committee on Finance

  3. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance

  4. Scrivener's error corrected

  5. Committee Amendment Adopted

  6. Amended

  7. Debate interrupted

  8. Debate interrupted

  9. Amended

  10. Read second time

  11. Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0

  12. Amended

  13. Read third time and sent to House

  14. Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0

  15. Scrivener's error corrected

  16. Introduced and read first time

  17. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

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