Joshua Bradd Yates FBI Academy

2025-2026 Bill 4905: Joshua Bradd Yates FBI Academy - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4905
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Martin, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, 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, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0373VR-EB26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 14, 2026
Summary: Joshua Bradd Yates FBI Academy
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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1/14/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 79
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/14/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO HONOR AND
CONGRATULATE LIEUTENANT JOSHUA YATES ON HIS GRADUATION FROM THE FBI NATIONAL
ACADEMY AND TO THANK HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HIS
COMMUNITY.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives were pleased to hear that on
Thursday, December 11, 2025, Lieutenant Joshua Yates graduated from the highly
selective FBI National Academy program in Quantico, Virginia; and

W
hereas, created in
1935 to standardize and professionalize law enforcement departments across the
United States, the FBI National Academy is a comprehensive ten-week residential
program of accredited instruction for law enforcement leaders from all over the
world and is a vital element in the continuing improvement of law enforcement
standards, knowledge, and cooperation worldwide. Its mission is to support,
promote, and enhance the personal and professional development of law
enforcement leaders with the objective of developing purpose-driven law
enforcement leaders who address emerging trends through innovative and
data-driven policing in cooperation with their communities; and

W
hereas, admission to
the National Academy is limited to law enforcement officers who hold the rank
of lieutenant or higher, have been nominated by the head of their agency, are
of good moral character and reputation, and have a record of outstanding service
in the law enforcement profession, among other prerequisites; and

W
hereas, Lieutenant
Yates has served the York County Sheriff's Office for over seventeen years where
he works in the Criminal Investigation Division as a property crimes lieutenant.
Among other accolades and accomplishments, he was honored by the Rock Hill
Optimist Club with the Respect for Law program award for his service to the
community in 2023, he completed the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development
Association Trilogy Program in April 2024, and he graduated from the Leadership
York County Program through the York County Regional Chamber of Commerce in May
2025; and

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives value the pride that Lieutenant
Yates has brought to his community and thank him for his unyielding service to
the York County Sheriff's Office. 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, honor and congratulate Lieutenant Joshua Yates on his
graduation from the FBI National Academy and thank him for his years of service
to law enforcement and his community.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Lieutenant Joshua Yates.

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