A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR LOCAL HERO BERNADINE REED FOR HER COURAGE AND MINDFULNESS IN THE FACE OF A HARROWING SITUATION AND TO OFFER HER A HEARTY OVATION FOR PERFORMING HER DUTIES TO EXEMPLARY STANDARDS.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND ROBERT JAMES STOKES, PASTOR OF MT. HORR AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON YONGES ISLAND, AS HE RETIRES AFTER YEARS OF EXEMPLARY MINISTRY AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-7-10 AND 63-7-1620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRINCIPLES OF THE STATE'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO CLARIFY THAT LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT MUST ENSURE THAT CHILD WELFARE AND SAFETY ARE THE SOLE BASIS OF DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS IN SUCH PROCEEDINGS AND THAT THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THE SOLE DISCRETION ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER ANY DECISIONS PERTAINING TO SUCH PROCEEDINGS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SMYRNA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BENNETTSVILLE FOR ITS MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND TO CONGRATULATE THE PASTOR AND THE CONGREGATION AS THEY CELEBRATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THEIR GOD.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND EDUARDO R. YARDE FOR HIS MEANINGFUL MINISTRY AND TO WELCOME HIM TO SOUTH CAROLINA TO PREACH TO THE CONGREGATION OF ST. THOMAS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN BARNWELL.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE THOUSANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME THROUGH THE ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAM TO KEEP MILES OF STATE ROADS LITTER FREE AND TO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2019 AS ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MONTH IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR DEBI CHARD ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FROM WCSC LIVE 5 NEWS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AFTER FORTY-THREE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND TO WISH HER MANY HAPPY YEARS IN A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE ALVIN A. TAYLOR UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TO COMMEND HIM FOR HIS FORTY-TWO YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL SAFE SPACE ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-66-50 SO AS TO CREATE THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SAFE-SPACE SENTINEL PROGRAM" TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENSURING EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE TRAINED IN CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND RELATED SKILLS FOR EVERY TWO HUNDRED STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, AND DUTIES OF THESE EMPLOYEES, AND TO REQUIRE RELATED MINIMAL, BUT VITAL, TRAINING FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR BECKETT N. JENKINS OF JASPER COUNTY FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II, TO EXTEND BELATED CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ONE HUNDRED FIRST BIRTHDAY, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
