Retirement of Rep. Bill Taylor

2025-2026 Bill 5627: Retirement of Rep. Bill Taylor - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5627
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Pope, 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, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0517CM-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on April 30, 2026
Adopted by the House on April 30, 2026
Summary: Retirement of Rep. Bill Taylor
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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4/30/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 137
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/30/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE HONORABLE Bill Taylor
OF Aiken COUNTY FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON
BEHALF OF HIS CONSTITUENTS AND THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO WISH HIM MUCH
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives learned with sincere regret that Representative
Bill Taylor will depart from the House of Representatives at the conclusion of
his current term; and

W
hereas, born in Aurora,
Illinois, on July 16, 1946, he is the son of the late Harold Taylor and the
late Pearl Taylor, and he studied journalism at Bradley University in Peoria,
Illinois; and

W
hereas, he founded and
served as CEO of media research and consulting firms based in Dallas, Los
Angeles, and London from 1978 through 2007; and

W
hereas, from 1965 to
1976, Representative Taylor served as a television news director, news anchor,
and reporter, and he served as a television news consultant from 1976 to 2007.
In 1974, he served his profession as president of the Illinois News
Broadcasters Association; and

W
hereas, Representative
Taylor received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2024 from South Carolina
State University. He was honored to be named a Fifth Estater in
Broadcast
and Cable
magazine in 1998 and a Champion of Free Enterprise by the South Carolina
BIPEC in 2012. He also was honored five times with a Business Advocate Award
from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. He received Abate's Community
Leader Award in 2019; and

W
hereas, together with
his beloved wife of fifty-five years, Donna, he reared two fine children, Kasey
Taylor Lenz and William Ryan Taylor; and

W
hereas, since 2011, Representative
Taylor has served in the House of Representatives, representing the citizens of
Aiken and Lexington counties in District 86. When away from his duties in the
House, he has served on the advisory board of the Aiken Salvation Army since
2013 and on the Aiken Symphony Orchestra board since 2016; and

W
hereas, a faithful
member of member of Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken, he is 32nd Degree Mason
and a Shriner. He served on the board of the Aiken County Chapter of the
American Red Cross from 2007 to 2016 and as its chairman from 2009 to 2010 and
as a member of the Rotary Club of Aiken from 2009 to 2020. He has served as a
delegate to the National Federalism Commission since 2023; and

W
hereas, the retired
media consultant dutifully served the citizens of District 86 in the House as a
member of the Ways and Means Committee and on the Regulations, Administrative,
Procedures, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Committee. He also served
as the Majority Caucus Whip from 2013 to 2016; and

W
hereas, the members of
the House of Representatives will miss the keen and impassioned service that Bill
Taylor, their friend and colleague, has given to the House of Representatives,
and hope that he will enjoy deep fulfillment in the years to come. 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, recognize and commend the Honorable Bill Taylor of Aiken
County for his dedicated service in the House of Representatives on behalf of
his constituents and the citizens of South Carolina and wish him much success
and happiness in all his future endeavors.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable Bill Taylor.

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