South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4213
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Calhoon, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, B.J. Cox, B.L. Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, May, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Murphy, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
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Introduced in the House on March 25, 2025
Introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2025
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 27, 2025
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 3/25/2025 | House | Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 30) |
| 3/26/2025 | Senate | Introduced (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 3/26/2025 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 3/27/2025 | Senate | Recalled from Committee on Family and Veterans' Services (Senate Journal-page 3) |
| 3/27/2025 | Senate | Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (Senate Journal-page 3) |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
A concurrent RESOLUTION
to recognize the important work done to combat the significant problem of child maltreatment, abuse, and neglect and to declare Wednesday, April 15, 2025, as Children's advocacy center day in South carolina.
Whereas, over 380,000 children are served by Children's Advocacy Centers nationwide each year; and
Whereas, in 2024, Children's Advocacy Centers throughout South Carolina served 13,784 child victims of abuse, providing victim advocacy and support services to them and their families. This represents a three-percent increase in children served per year by Children's Advocacy Centers in South Carolina over 2023; and
Whereas, although sexual abuse was the most common form of child maltreatment reported by children served at South Carolina Children's Advocacy Centers in 2024, victims also suffer year after year from physical abuse, neglect, 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 underline the growing problem of child abuse and the serious impact its continued existence has on the citizens of South Carolina, 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 the important work done to combat the significant problem of child maltreatment, abuse, and neglect and declare Wednesday, April 15, 2025, as Children's Advocacy Center Day in South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Thomas Knapp, President and CEO, of the South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers.
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