Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3157 Primary Sponsor:Byrd Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Simkins, Modjeska Monteith Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940322 Computer Document Number:EGM/18007DW.93 Introduced Date:19930119 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940322 Last History Type:Received from Senate Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Byrd J. Brown Scott Jaskwhich Cobb-Hunter Phillips Whipper Littlejohn Harwell McMahand Anderson Haskins White J. Harris Hines Robinson Kinon J. Bailey Neal Govan Elliott Waites Canty J. Wilder Beatty D. Wilder Inabinett R. Young Harrelson G. Brown Breeland Rudnick Harvin Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 3157 House 19940322 Received from Senate 3157 Senate 19940322 Adopted, returned to House with concurrence 3157 Senate 19940317 Recalled from Committee, 08 placed on Calendar 3157 Senate 19940215 Introduced, referred to 08 Committee 3157 House 19940210 Adopted, sent to Senate 3157 House 19940209 Committee Report: Favorable 30 3157 House 19930119 Introduced, referred to 30 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
RECALLED
March 17, 1994
H. 3157
Introduced by REPS. Byrd, J. Brown, Scott, Jaskwhich, Cobb-Hunter, Phillips, Whipper, Littlejohn, Harwell, McMahand, Anderson, Haskins, White, J. Harris, Hines, Robinson, Kinon, J. Bailey, Neal, Govan, Elliott, Waites, Canty, J. Wilder, Beatty, D. Wilder, Inabinett, R. Young, Harrelson, G. Brown, Breeland, Rudnick and Harvin
S. Printed 3/17/94--S.
Read the first time February 15, 1994.
1. Estimated Cost to State-
First Year $10,000.00
2. Estimated Cost to State-Annually
Thereafter $-0-
H. 3157, if enacted, will commission a portrait of the late Modjeska Monteith Simkins to be placed in the State House.
Estimated cost is not to exceed $10,000.00.
Prepared By: Approved By:
Scott Barnes George N. Dorn, Jr.
State Budget Analyst State Budget Division
AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONING OF A PORTRAIT OF MODJESKA MONTEITH SIMKINS TO BE PLACED IN THE STATE HOUSE.
Whereas, Modjeska Monteith Simkins, a fearless outspoken champion of the oppressed, was an original organizer of the state chapter of the NAACP; and
Whereas, she was one of the architects of the Clarendon County desegregation case that became part of the United States Supreme Court's historic decision, Brown v. Board of Education in 1954; and
Whereas, her entire life was spent focusing on the liberation of people from the oppression of segregation, poverty, illiteracy, and disenfranchisement; and
Whereas, the granddaughter of a slave, she was born in Columbia, December 5, 1899, and was graduated from Benedict College in 1921; and
Whereas, it is with great sadness we turn a page in the history of our State in witnessing the passing of this great humanitarian who leaves a legacy of civil rights victories which will not be equaled in the near future. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly authorizes the placing of a portrait of Modjeska Monteith Simkins, with an appropriate ceremony of the General Assembly, in the State House as a memorial and tribute to this great South Carolinian with the belief that her portrait will inspire the children of today and tomorrow to stand up and speak out for causes in which they believe.
Be it further resolved that the clerks of the House and Senate shall determine an appropriate location to hang and the artist to paint the portrait. The clerks shall consult with the South Carolina Museum and the South Carolina Arts Commission. The cost of obtaining the portrait may not exceed ten thousand dollars, to be paid from approved accounts of both houses.