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2025-2026 Bill 5567: University of South Carolina Women's Basketball Team - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5567
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford, 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, 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, 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
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Introduced in the House on April 22, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on April 22, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Operations and Management
Summary: University of South Carolina Women's Basketball Team
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
4/22/2026
House
Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 15
)
4/22/2026
Senate
Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 8
)
4/22/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on
Operations and Management
(
Senate Journal-page 8
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/22/2026
A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO INVITE THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO JOIN THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION AT A DATE AND TIME SCHEDULED BY THE SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, IN THE CHAMBER
OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHEREBY COACH DAWN STALEY IS
INVITED TO ADDRESS THE JOINT SESSION.
W
hereas, the 2025-2026 University
of South Carolina women's basketball team completed a magical season, setting
program and individual records, and finishing as the NCAA runner-up for the
second consecutive year, following a 2024 national championship, the third in
program history; and
W
hereas, the Gamecocks displayed
hard work, perseverance, and dedication throughout the regular season and during
the SEC and NCAA tournaments, always exhibiting sportsmanship and a can-do
attitude, and finishing with an impressive 36-4 record. 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, invite the University of South Carolina women's
basketball team and school officials to join the General Assembly in joint session
at a date and time scheduled by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
the President of the Senate, in the chamber of the South Carolina House of
Representatives, and invite Coach
Dawn Staley to address the joint
session.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution
be presented to Head Coach Dawn Staley and Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati.
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