Bobby Long Martin Highway

2025-2026 Bill 1157: Bobby Long Martin Highway - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1157
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Rankin
Document Path: SR-0656KM-VC26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on April 29, 2026
Introduced in the House on May 5, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on May 12, 2026
Summary: Bobby Long Martin Highway
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

4/29/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 9
)

4/29/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 9
)

4/29/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 5
)

4/30/2026

Senate

Adopted (
Senate Journal-page 69
)

5/5/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 14
)

5/5/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 14
)

5/7/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 2
)

5/12/2026

House

Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence (
House Journal-page 117
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/29/2026
04/29/2026-A
05/07/2026

Committee Report

May 7, 2026

S. 1157

Introduced
by Senator Rankin

S. Printed 5/7/26--H.

Read the first time May 5, 2026

________

The committee on House Invitations
and Memorial Resolutions

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S.
1157) to request that the Department of Transportation name the portion of Cates
Bay Highway from its intersection with Highway 134 to its intersection with Highway
804, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

DENNIS MOSS for Committee.

_______

A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NAME the portion of Cates Bay HIGHWAY from its intersection with Highway 134 to
its intersection with Highway 804 IN horry COUNTY "Bobby Long Martin Highway"
AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THE
DESIGNATION.

W
hereas, Bobby Long
Martin was a farmer, as well as the owner and operator of the Sea Horn Motel in
Surfside. He also built, owned, and operated the Quick Shop at the corner of
Cates Bay Highway and Highway 134 until his death in 1991; and

W
hereas, Mr. Martin
served as a Seargeant with the South Carolina National Guard until 1953 in the
263
rd
Tank Battalion, C Company; and

W
hereas, a civic
leader, Mr. Martin helped establish the first fire station on Cates Bay that is
still operational today, and he lobbied with the late Senator James Stevens to
have Highway 804 paved for travel and school buses; and

W
hereas, in 1988, Mr.
Martin sold over an acre of land to Horry Electric Cooperative to establish a
power substation to enable growth to the community in the area, and he sold two
acres in 1989 to Horry County Solid Waste Authority to establish the first and
only trash dump on Cates Bay Highway; and

W
hereas, Mr. Martin
served with a number of boards, including serving as commissioner for the South
Carolina Soil and Water Conservation, as well as a member of the board of directors
for the Farm Bureau, the Horry Georgetown Homebuilders Association, and the
Southeast Lumber Manufacturer Association; and

W
hereas, Mr. Martin leaves
to cherish his memory his wife, Dianne Martin; and

W
hereas, it would be
only fitting and proper to pay tribute to this son of South Carolina by naming
a portion of road in the State in his honor. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request that the
Department of Transportation name the portion of Cates Bay Highway from its
intersection with Highway 134 to its intersection with Highway 804 in Horry County
"Bobby Long Martin Highway" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this
location containing the designation.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation
and presented to the family of Bobby Long Martin.

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