South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 4615 — Economic Development Incentives

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 20% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    4 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 11-1-130 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ENTITY THAT HIRES OR EMPLOYS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH CERTAIN VISAS MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

23 added · 1 removed

23 line(s) added, 1 removed.

→
Previous
Latest
PK wh4\X¶¶¹ é customXml/item3.xml½WÛn£H}߯hùaò2ÄÜ|Ë:žÅЉ™Áà…vf­Ñ5Ð$l0X'­FÚ_Ø_Ü/ٌ‰3ó¶RDÕ9§«»««‹ñ‡oë=±m¥Éõ…pÉ_ –øi%÷×Krà /P–Ó$ qš°ë‹$½ø0ùe?{RŸŸ³œ4§D’ìºóç›«n7óؚf—é†%à Óíšæðº½ïn¨ÿHïYWäù~w} w÷j\õޙŒ5K]αI\²ZàÉ4Šãq÷Ô6¾Ñ l*s
2025-2026 Bill 4615 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4615Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 11-1-130 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ENTITY THAT HIRES OR EMPLOYS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH CERTAIN VISAS MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Title 11 of the S.C.
Code is amended by adding:
      Section 11-1-130.  An entity that hires or employs an individual that is located in the United States with an H-1B or Optional Practical Training (OPT) visa may not receive any state economic development incentives.
State economic development incentives include, but are not limited to, job or employee tax credits, general business tax credits, infrastructure credits, property rehabilitation and housing credits, conservation credits, energy conservation and alternative energy credits, sales tax exemptions, property tax exemptions, and fee in lieu of property tax agreements.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect on July 1, 2027.
----XX---- This web page was last updated on December 17, 2025 at 01:41 PM
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)
  • 12/17/2025 View text Current html
  • Introduced Filed vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White

  2. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Introduced and read first time

  4. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  5. Prefiled

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 166 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (166)

166 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 166 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

finance immigration labor
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does H 4615 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 11-1-130 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ENTITY THAT HIRES OR EMPLOYS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH CERTAIN VISAS MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
Who sponsors H 4615?
H 4615 is sponsored by Representative Jordan S. Pace, Representative Sarita L. Edgerton, Representative Josiah Magnuson, and Representative Joseph S. "Joe" White.
What is the current status of H 4615?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track H 4615?
Track H 4615 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on H 4615

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of H 4615

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →