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H. 4026
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Erickson, Collins, M.S. McLeod, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cole, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, Robinson-Simpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 698
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on April 22, 2015
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 23, 2015
Summary: Children's Advocacy Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/21/2015 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 12)
4/22/2015 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 5)
4/22/2015 Senate Referred to Committee on General (Senate Journal-page 5)
4/23/2015 Senate Polled out of committee General (Senate Journal-page 13)
4/23/2015 Senate Committee report: Favorable General
(Senate Journal-page 13)
4/23/2015 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence
(Senate Journal-page 13)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO RECOGNIZE THAT ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN ARE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015, AS "CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, in 2014, an estimated 315,806 children were served by children's advocacy centers nationwide; and
Whereas, in 2014, children's advocacy centers throughout South Carolina served an estimated 7,059 child victims of abuse, providing victim advocacy and support to them and their families. Of these 7,059 children, approximately eighty percent were twelve years old or younger; and
Whereas, although neglect is the most common form of child maltreatment, victims also suffer year after year from physical abuse, sexual abuse, drug endangerment, commercial sexual exploitation, and psychological maltreatment; and
Whereas, children's advocacy centers seek to model, promote, and deliver excellence in child-abuse response and prevention through direct service, education, collaboration, and leadership; and
Whereas, it is entirely appropriate for the South Carolina General Assembly to pause in its deliberations to focus on the growing problems of child abuse and neglect and the serious impact their continued occurrence has on the citizens of the Palmetto State, as well as on those of the rest of the nation. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize that abuse and neglect of children are significant problems and declare Tuesday, April 28, 2015, as "Children's Advocacy Day" in South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to Kim Hamm, Executive Director of the South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers.
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