Bill Text: SC H4461 | 2013-2014 | 120th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Income tax filing status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-18 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.E.Smith [H4461 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2013-H4461-Amended.html
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.
