A growing group of municipal and county leaders from across South Carolina — including Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann, Charleston Mayor William Cogswell, and Summerville Mayor Russ Touchberry — are calling on the General Assembly to pass H.3858 in a formal letter submitted last week to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bruce Bannister.

A major bipartisan push to cut South Carolina’s highest-in-the-nation boat property taxes gained momentum today as the House Ways & Means Property Tax Subcommittee unanimously advanced H.3858 to the full House Ways & Means committee. With over 50 bipartisan sponsors, the bill — led by Rep. Gary Brewer (R–Dorchester) — would slash property taxes on boats and motors by 50%, delivering long-overdue relief to hundreds of thousands of middle-class boat owners across the state.