South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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H. 4347

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Hiott and Collins
Document Path: LC-0305CM-CM23.docx

Introduced in the House on April 19, 2023
Introduced in the Senate on May 3, 2023
Currently residing in the House

Summary: Sgt. First Class Matthew Bradford Thomas Memorial Bridge

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
4/19/2023 House Introduced (House Journal-page 33)
4/19/2023 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 33)
4/26/2023 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 3)
4/27/2023 House Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 38)
5/3/2023 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 10)
5/3/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 10)
5/3/2023 Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 7)
5/4/2023 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence
5/8/2023 Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

04/19/2023
04/26/2023
05/04/2023
05/08/2023



Recalled

May 03, 2023

H. 4347

Introduced by Reps. Hiott and Collins

S. Printed 05/03/23--S.   [SEC 5/8/2023 9:00 AM]

Read the first time May 03, 2023

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES SHOAL CREEK IN PICKENS COUNTY ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 186 "SERGEANT FIRST CLASS MATTHEW BRADFORD THOMAS MEMORIAL BRIDGE" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS BRIDGE CONTAINING THESE WORDS.

Whereas, on June 20, 2012, at the age of 30, Sergeant First Class Matthew Bradford "Brad" Thomas gave his life near a crowded marketplace in Khost, Afghanistan, at the foot of the mountains along the Pakistani border, when a bomber approached Afghan and United States soldiers at their traffic control post and detonated the charge during lunch time; and

Whereas, as a teenager, Brad Thomas earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, graduated from Traveler's Rest High School in 1999, and joined the South Carolina National Guard shortly after 9/11. He worked at Charter Media before being deployed; and

Whereas, assigned to the 51st Military Police Battalion's 133rd Military Police Company of the South Carolina National Guard, nicknamed the "Palmetto Regulators" and based in Timmonsville, Sergeant Thomas answered his country's call to deploy with one hundred seventy soldiers of his company to Khost Province; and

Whereas, there is no greater or braver sacrifice for a man to make for his country than to lay down his life; and

Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to recognize the courage and bravery of this fallen hero by naming a bridge in Pickens County in his honor. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation name the bridge that crosses Shoal Creek in Pickens County along South Carolina Highway 186 "Sergeant First Class Matthew Bradford Thomas Memorial Bridge" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this bridge containing these words.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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