Rep. Mark Smith Retirement

2025-2026 Bill 5628: Rep. Mark Smith Retirement - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5628
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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, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0500VR-EB26.docx
Introduced in the House on April 30, 2026
Adopted by the House on April 30, 2026
Summary: Rep. Mark Smith Retirement
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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4/30/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 139
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/30/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE HONORABLE MArvin "MArk"
Smith OF Berkeley 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 Mark Smith will depart from the House of Representatives at the
conclusion of his current term; and

W
hereas, he has
faithfully served the citizens of District 99 in the House of Representatives
since 2020, most recently serving on the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
and the Government Efficiency and Legislative Oversight Committee. Prior
committee assignments included the Education and Public Works Committee, the
Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee, and the Medical, Military,
Public and Municipal Affairs Committee; and

W
hereas, he has served
his party with distinction as the president of the Daniel Island Republican
Club and the former president of the East Cooper Republican Club. In 2013, he
served as a town councilman in Mount Pleasant, and in 2015 he graduated from
the South Carolina Municipal Elected Officials Institute; and

W
hereas, born on June
18, 1970, in Bamberg, Mark Smith is the son of the late Randy Smith and Linda
Bunch Duffie. He graduated from Fayetteville Technical College with an
associate of arts degree in 1993; and

W
hereas, he married his
beloved wife, Elayne Forastiere, on October 24, 1993, and together they have
three wonderful sons, Parker, Avery, and Domenic. When away from his duties in
the House of Representatives he serves as the President and CEO of
McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation; and

W
hereas, deeply involved in his
community, he is a member of the Daniel Island Rotary Club and has served as
the chairman of the Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Board since 2020.
He also is a former president of the Rotary Club of Charleston, a former chairman
of the Low Country Food Bank, the South Carolina Aging in Place Council, and
the Cremation Association of North America, a former vice chancellor of the
South Carolina Alzheimer's Association, and a former chairman of the South
Carolina Advisory Committee on Aging; and

W
hereas, a faithful
member of St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church on Daniel Island, he was a
volunteer participant installing water systems in both Ecuador and Peru with
Water Mission International; and

W
hereas, the members of
the House of Representatives will miss the keen and impassioned service that
Mark Smith, 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 Marvin "Mark" Smith of
Berkeley 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 Marvin "Mark" Smith.

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