Matthew Steen retirement

2025-2026 Bill 5717: Matthew Steen retirement - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5717
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Hixon, Erickson, Jordan, J.E. Johnson, Willis, Moss, W. Newton, Herbkersman, Davis, Haddon, Bradley, Caskey, Bannister, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Hewitt, Hiott, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.L. Johnson, Jones, 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, Neese, B. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0528DG-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on June 25, 2026
Adopted by the House on June 25, 2026
Summary: Matthew Steen retirement
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6/25/2026

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RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Matthew
Steen, Senior Assistant to the House Sergeant at Arms, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS
RETIREMENT AFTER twenty-eight YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND TO WISH HIM
CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

W
hereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the members of the
House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina should pause in their
deliberations to express their gratitude to Matthew Steen for his significant
contributions to the office of the Sergeant at Arms; and

W
hereas, he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the
University of South Carolina in 1995 and began with the office of the Sergeant
at Arms for the House of Representatives in 1998. He graduated from the South
Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in January of 1999; and

W
hereas, Mr. Steen and his beloved wife, Brandie, have been married for
fourteen years, and together they enjoy playing online, first-person shooter
games. He also enjoys the games with his best friend since middle school, Dr.
Bryan Love, a pharmacy professor at the University of South Carolina; and

W
hereas, he enjoys working in his backyard planting flowers and doing
yardwork under the close supervision of Brandie. Despite being an avid
birdwatcher, he would never readily admit it, and he enjoys photographing
everything from scenic landscapes and wildlife to unique and interesting plant
life; and

W
hereas, Mr. Steen enjoys studying history, sharing South Carolina's
history with tourists visiting the State House, and learning about where those
visitors are from. The members are certain that Matthew Steen will continue,
even in his retirement, his patriotic devotion to and protection of the
Palmetto State as he always has; and

W
hereas, in his retirement, he and Brandie plan to spend many happy
hours on road trips together. They have driven coast to coast numerous times
since they started dating; and

W
hereas, grateful for his many years of unparalleled dedication to
the House of Representatives, the members of the South Carolina House take
great pleasure in extending best wishes to Matthew Steen as he transitions to a
richly deserved retirement and the unhurried pace of the days ahead, and they
wish him many years of enjoyment in his well-earned retirement. 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 honor Matthew
Steen, Senior Assistant to the House Sergeant at Arms, upon the occasion of his
retirement after twenty-eight years of exemplary service, and wish him
continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors.

B
e it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to
Matthew Steen.

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