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2025-2026 Bill 5192: Officer Robert Gilmore Johnston Memorial Street - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5192
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Pope, Guffey, King, Ligon, Martin, Moss, Sessions and Terribile
Document Path: LC-0314CM-GT26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 17, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on May 13, 2026
Summary: Officer Robert Gilmore Johnston Memorial Street
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
2/17/2026
House
Introduced (
House Journal-page 9
)
2/17/2026
House
Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 9
)
3/4/2026
House
Committee report: Favorable
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 83
)
3/5/2026
House
Adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 17
)
3/10/2026
Senate
Introduced
3/10/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on
Transportation
5/12/2026
Senate
Recalled from Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 6
)
5/13/2026
Senate
Adopted, returned to House with concurrence
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/17/2026
03/04/2026
05/12/2026
Recalled
May 12, 2026
H. 5192
Introduced
by Reps. Pope, Guffey, King, Ligon, Martin, Moss, Sessions and Terribile
S. Printed 5/12/26--S.
Read the first time March 10, 2026
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A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NAME THE PORTION OF Johnston STREET IN THE CITY OF ROCK HILL IN YORK COUNTY
FROM THE ON RAMP TO DAVe LYLE BOULEVARD TO SOUTH WILSON STREET "OFFICER ROBERT
GILMORE JOHNSTON MEMORIAL STREET" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT
THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THESE WORDS.
W
hereas, Robert
Gilmore Johnston was born in July 1856 in York County. He fathered three
children with his first wife and in 1892, married Nancy Bailey who brought
several children into the family; and
W
hereas, the
family lived in Fort Mill where Robert joined the police force around 1892. He
was later
appointed as chief of police in Fort Mill.
In around 1904, Robert joined the Rock Hill Police Department; and
W
hereas, at
around three o'clock in the morning on Thursday, January 18, 1906, Officer
Johnston was making a fire in the stove to warm the city council chamber. As he
bent over to shovel coal into the stove, his .41 caliber Colt revolver slipped
from its holster and fell into the coal box. The hammer on the revolver struck
a large lump of coal causing it to discharge. The bullet entered Officer
Johnston near his collarbone on his left side, ranged downward, struck the
spinal column, and exited below his right shoulder blade; and
W
hereas, others
in the building heard the gunshot and hurried to help the paralyzed officer.
They were able to prevent him from bleeding to death until the physicians
arrived. Officer Johnston was able to be moved to the Rock Hill Hospital at
around ten o'clock. He grew weaker throughout the day and night. Officer
Johnston died early on Friday morning; and
W
hereas, on
Saturday, January 20, 1906, funeral services were held for Officer Robert G.
Johnston at the Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill, and he was buried in the town
cemetery. He was survived by his second wife, his three children born to his
first wife, several stepchildren, two brothers, and a sister. His brother,
Newton Johnston, was serving as a policeman with the Chester Police Department
at the time of his brother's death; and
W
hereas, officer
Robert G. Johnston was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement
Officers Hall of Fame on September 30, 2020, never to be forgotten; and
W
hereas, it
would be fitting and proper to name a portion of Johnston Street in the City of
Rock Hill in honor of this fallen law enforcement officer. 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, request the Department of Transportation
name the portion of Johnston Street in the City of Rock Hill in York County
from the on ramp to Dave Lyle Boulevard to South Wilson Street "Officer Robert
Gilmore Johnston Memorial Street" and erect appropriate markers or signs at
this location containing these words.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this
resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.
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