Suits and Sneakers Day

2025-2026 Bill 964: Suits and Sneakers Day - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 964
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Hutto, Adams, Alexander, Allen, Bennett, Blackmon, Bright, Campsen, Cash, Chaplin, Climer, Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Devine, Elliott, Fernandez, Gambrell, Garrett, Goldfinch, Graham, Grooms, Hembree, Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrell, Leber, Martin, Massey, Matthews, Ott, Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Sabb, Stubbs, Sutton, Tedder, Turner, Verdin, Walker, Williams, Young and Zell
Document Path: SR-0544KM-AMB26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 26, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on March 11, 2026
Summary: Suits and Sneakers Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/26/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 4
)

2/26/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 4
)

3/4/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

3/10/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 4
)

3/11/2026

Senate

Adopted (
Senate Journal-page 26
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/26/2026
03/04/2026
03/10/2026

Recalled

March 10, 2026

S. 964

Introduced by Senators Hutto, Adams,
Alexander, Allen, Bennett, Blackmon, Bright, Campsen, Cash, Chaplin, Climer,
Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Devine, Elliott, Fernandez, Gambrell, Garrett,
Goldfinch, Graham, Grooms, Hembree, Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrell, Leber,
Martin, Massey, Matthews, Ott, Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Sabb, Stubbs,
Sutton, Tedder, Turner, Verdin, Walker, Williams, Young and Zell

S. Printed 3/10/26--S.

Read the first time February 26, 2026

________

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO HONOR CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, AND
THEIR FAMILIES, REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST TO CANCER, AND RECOGNIZE
March 4, 2026, AS "Suits and Sneakers DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, Suits
and Sneakers is a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network leveraging the personal
experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of coaches
nationwide to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living through
year-round awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs;
and

W
hereas, the
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network empowers advocates across the
State to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy
change that will reduce the cancer burden on our State; and

W
hereas, it is
estimated that more than thirty-six thousand South Carolinians will be
diagnosed with cancer in 2026; and

W
hereas, cancer
patients face countless challenges associated with their diagnoses, including
physical, emotional, financial, and day-to-day challenges; and

W
hereas, South
Carolina continues to navigate through tough legislation, it is more important
than ever to support efforts to combat cancer; and

W
hereas, not
only will policies to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and save countless
lives, they will significantly reduce the financial strain that this disease
places on South Carolinians and our great State; and

W
hereas, the
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network would like to recognize all
cancer survivors, caregivers, and advocates. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by
the
Senate
:

T
hat the members
of the South Carolina
Senate
, by this
resolution, honor cancer patients, survivors, and their families, remember
those who have been lost to cancer, and recognize March 4, 2026 as "Suits and
Sneakers Day" in South Carolina.

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