Suits and Sneakers Day

2025-2026 Bill 5237: Suits and Sneakers Day - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5237
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Bannister, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, 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, Martin, 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-0323HA-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 24, 2026
Adopted by the House on February 24, 2026
Summary: Suits and Sneakers Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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2/24/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 55
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/24/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO HONOR CANCER
PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
LOST TO CANCER, AND TO DECLARE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2026, AS "SUITS AND
SNEAKERS DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, Suits and
Sneakers is a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to leverage the personal
experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of coaches
nationwide to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living through
year-round awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs;
and

W
hereas, the American
Cancer Society Cancer Action Network empowers advocates across the State to
make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change that
will reduce the cancer burden on our State; and

W
hereas, it is
estimated that more than thirty-six thousand South Carolinians will be
diagnosed with cancer in 2026; and

W
hereas, cancer
patients face countless challenges associated with their diagnoses, including
physical, emotional, financial, and day-to-day challenges; and

W
hereas, as South
Carolina continues to navigate through difficult legislation, it is more
important than ever to support efforts to combat cancer; and

W
hereas, not only will
effective policies serve to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and save
countless lives, but they will significantly reduce the financial strain that
this disease places on South Carolinians and our great State; and

W
hereas, the American
Cancer Society Cancer Action Network would like to recognize all cancer
survivors, caregivers, and advocates. 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 cancer patients, survivors, and their families,
remember those people who have been lost to cancer, and declare Wednesday,
March 4, as "Suits and Sneakers Day" in South Carolina.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Governor Henry McMaster and to
the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

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