Robert Smalls Monument

2025-2026 Bill 4962: Robert Smalls Monument - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4962
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Cox, J.L. Johnson, McDaniel, Hart, King, Garvin, Luck, Williams, Hosey, Govan, Grant, Weeks, Scott, Jones, Waters, Dillard, Cobb-Hunter, Reese, Rivers, Anderson, M.M. Smith, Holman, Chapman, Caskey, Brewer, Robbins, Lawson, Ford, Gatch, Guest, Bauer, Wickensimer, Collins, T. Moore, Montgomery, Stavrinakis, Kilmartin, Gilliard, Bamberg, Bernstein, Rose, Erickson, J. Moore, Oremus, Guffey, Neese, Teeple, McGinnis, Haddon, Bradley, W. Newton, Forrest, Rutherford, Clyburn, Gagnon, Schuessler, Martin, B. Newton, Bowers and Alexander
Document Path: LC-0306DG-DG26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 15, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on January 28, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on February 3, 2026
Summary: Robert Smalls Monument
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/15/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 24
)

1/15/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 24
)

1/20/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
McDaniel, Hart, King, Garvin, Luck,
Williams, Hosey, Govan, Grant, Weeks,
Scott, Jones, Waters, Dillard, Cobb-Hunter,
Reese, Rivers, Anderson, Martin, M.M. Smith,
Holman, Chapman, Caskey, Brewer, Robbins,
Lawson, Ford, Gatch, Guest, Bauer,
Wickensimer, Collins, T. Moore, Montgomery,
Stavrinakis, Kilmartin, Gilliard, Bamberg,
Bernstein, Rose, Erickson, J. Moore, Oremus,
Guffey, Neese, Teeple, McGinnis, Haddon,
Bradley, W. Newton, Forrest, Rutherford,
Clyburn, Gagnon, Schuessler

1/21/2026

House

Recalled from Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 13
)

1/22/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.
Newton, Bowers, Alexander

1/22/2026

House

Adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 41
)

1/28/2026

Senate

Introduced, placed on calendar without reference (
Senate Journal-page 9
)

2/3/2026

Senate

Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (
Senate Journal-page 16
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/15/2026
01/21/2026
01/28/2026

Introduced

January 28, 2026

H. 4962

Introduced by Reps. Cox, J. L. Johnson, McDaniel,
Hart, King, Garvin, Luck, Williams, Hosey, Govan, Grant, Weeks, Scott, Jones,
Waters, Dillard, Cobb-Hunter, Reese, Rivers, Anderson, M. M. Smith, Holman,
Chapman, Caskey, Brewer, Robbins, Lawson, Ford, Gatch, Guest, Bauer, Wickensimer,
Collins, T. Moore, Montgomery, Stavrinakis, Kilmartin, Gilliard, Bamberg,
Bernstein, Rose, Erickson, J. Moore, Oremus, Guffey, Neese, Teeple, McGinnis,
Haddon, Bradley, W. Newton, Forrest, Rutherford, Clyburn, Gagnon, Schuessler,
Martin, B. Newton, Bowers and Alexander

S. Printed 1/28/26--S.

Read the
first time January
28, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE THE PROPOsed Design and Location FOR THE Robert
smalls MONUMENT, as required by Act 183 of 2024, which was approved BY THE
STATE HOUSE COMMITTEE.

W
hereas, the Robert
Smalls Monument Commission reported a proposed design and location for the
monument to the State House Committee for approval; and

W
hereas, the sculptor
selected is Mr. Basil Watson of Lawrenceville, Georgia; and

W
hereas, the design
contains biographical information about Robert Smalls as well as a quote from
Robert Smalls; and

W
hereas, the proposed
location is the northeast quadrant of the State House grounds between the
Spanish-American War Veterans Monument and the African American History
Monument adjacent to the circular sidewalk that surrounds the State House; and

W
hereas, the State
House Committee has approved the commission's proposed monument design and
location. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the House
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, as required by Act 183 of
2024, approves the design and location for the Robert Smalls Monument proposed
by the Robert Smalls Monument Commission to the State House Committee, and
approved by the State House Committee.

B
e it further resolved
that, as set forth in Act 183 of 2024, the Robert Smalls Monument Commission
shall raise private funds and receive gifts and grants to carry out its purpose
of designing, locating, and erecting the Robert Smalls Monument.

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