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H4566 • 2026
Censure of House member
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Censure of House member
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 4566: 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. 4566 STATUS INFORMATION House Resolution Sponsors: Reps. Grant and King Document Path: LC-0323DG-DG26.docx Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026 Currently residing in the House Committee on Ethics 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 ) View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 12/17/2025 A house RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY CENSURE REPRESENTATIVE stephen frank 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 Stephen Frank, made insulting, insensitive, and offensive statements insinuating that two of his colleagues were "retarded" and "functionally retarded." 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 Frank's statements regarding other members were insulting, insensitive, and offensive and wholly unacceptable; and W hereas, Representative Frank'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 Stephen Frank 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