Workers' Memorial Day

2025-2026 Bill 5268: Workers’ Memorial Day - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5268
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Cobb-Hunter, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, 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-0548SA-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 26, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on March 3, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 12, 2026
Summary: Workers' Memorial Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/26/2026

House

Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

3/3/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 6
)

3/3/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
(
Senate Journal-page 6
)

3/12/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
(
Senate Journal-page 4
)

3/12/2026

Senate

Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (
Senate Journal-page 4
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/26/2026

A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO DECLARE APRIL 28, 2026, AS "WORKERS' MEMORIAL
DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN TRIBUTE TO THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES.

W
hereas, the working
men and women of South Carolina have helped to build this State and keep the
state's economy strong; and

W
hereas, many workers
die each year while performing their jobs; others die as the result of
occupational diseases contracted or aggravated on the job, and thousands more
are disabled or injured on the job, all with little or no public attention; and

W
hereas, across the
United States, 5,283 American workers died from job-related causes as varied as
falls, vehicle collisions, and hazardous-material exposures in 2023, a 3.7
percent decrease from 2022; and

W
hereas, when these
workers died, they left behind families who loved them and depended on them;
and

W
hereas, we continue to
strive for strong safety and health measures, strong standards of enforcement,
and fair and just compensation for such deaths and injuries in order to protect
present workers; meanwhile, these fallen workers, as well as the many others
who have gone before them, must not be forgotten. 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, declare April 28, 2026, as
"Workers' Memorial Day" in South Carolina in tribute to the working men and
women who have lost their lives because of workplace injuries and illnesses.

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