South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 4461

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford and J.E. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11288dg14.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2014
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Income tax filing status

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/14/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 79)
   1/14/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 79)
   2/18/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.E.Smith

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/14/2014
1/16/2014

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-5000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT A HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE THE SAME STATE FILING STATUS AS FEDERAL STATUS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS "HUSBAND", "WIFE", AND "SPOUSE" INCLUDE LEGAL SAME-SEX MARRIAGES FROM ANOTHER STATE AND MUST NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE GENDER SPECIFIC.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 12-6-5000 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

"( )    For purposes of this chapter, the terms 'husband', 'wife', and 'spouse' include legal same-sex marriages from another state and must not be construed to be gender specific."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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