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Summary
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO STATE INCOME TAX LAWS, SO AS TO UPDATE THE REFERENCE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO THE YEAR 2018 AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTIONS ADOPTED BY THIS STATE ARE EXTENDED, THEN THESE SECTIONS ALSO ARE EXTENDED FOR SOUTH CAROLINA INCOME TAX PURPOSES. - ratified title
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Feb 14, 2019
Signed Mar 28, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 14, 2019 · House Feb 27, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
Mar 14, 2019
D
Democratic13
92% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Mar 28, 2019
Signed into law
Signed By Governor
legislature
Mar 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read third time and enrolled
upper
Mar 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0-3)
senate
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable Finance
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and sent to Senate
lower
Feb 27, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (85-0-19)
house
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James H. "Jay" Lucas
RRepublican
P
Leon Stavrinakis
DDemocratic
P
Murrell Smith
RRepublican
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