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H4565 • 2026
Censure of House member
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Censure of House member
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
Introduced ( House Journal-page 24 )
Referred to Committee on Ethics ( House Journal-page 24 )
Prefiled
Referred to Committee on Ethics
Censure of House member
2025-2026 Bill 4565: Censure of House member - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter H. 4565 STATUS INFORMATION House Resolution Sponsors: Reps. Frank, Cromer, Edgerton and White Document Path: LC-0375DG-DG26.docx Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026 Currently residing in the House Summary: Censure of House member HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Date Body Action Description with journal page number 12/16/2025 House Prefiled 12/16/2025 House Referred to Committee on Ethics 1/13/2026 House Introduced ( House Journal-page 24 ) 1/13/2026 House Referred to Committee on Ethics ( House Journal-page 24 ) 1/20/2026 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 12/17/2025 01/13/2026 A house RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY CENSURE REPRESENTATIVE John Richard C. King FOR STATEMENTS MADE IN VIOLATION OF RULE 3.6, RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REGARDING DECORUM AND under THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 12, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895. W hereas, Representative John Richard C. King, made public statements inciting violence against his fellow House members including statements that extend well beyond expressing mere disagreement. The statements were so egregious that they are considered personal attacks upon members of the House of Representatives which are prohibited under Rule 3.6, Rules of the House of Representatives, which regulates decorum in the body and prohibits disrespect to the House and all personalities; and W hereas, Section 12, Article III of the South Carolina Constitution provides, among other things, that each house shall punish its members for disorderly behavior; and W hereas, in this case, Representative King's statements are likely to incite violence against elected officials and in the public itself and are uncalled for at all times but especially in today's political violent climate; and W hereas, Representative King's statements amount to conduct unbecoming a member of the House of Representatives and, as a result, has brought dishonor to himself, the State of South Carolina, and to its citizens and it is therefore appropriate that he be censured by the body. Now, therefore, B e it resolved by the House of Representatives : T hat the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives , by this resolution, hereby censures John Richard C. King for statements made in violation of Rule 3.6, Rules of the House of Representatives, regarding decorum and under the authority of Section 12, Article III of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM