South Carolina Senate adopts two resolutions, confirms judicial officer and advances bill on third reading

The South Carolina Senate on the floor adopted a concurrent resolution to name a portion of Main Street in Easley “Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue,” agreed to a Senate resolution recognizing June 2025 as Waste and Recyclers Workers Week, confirmed a Berkeley County Master in Equity and advanced a contested bill to third reading, which the clerk recorded as passing 40-0.

Why it matters: The actions include a local roadway naming that directs the Department of Transportation to install signage, a symbolic statewide recognition for waste and recycling workers, a county-level judicial confirmation that affects Berkeley County court administration, and movement of a contested bill toward final consideration on the Senate floor.

On the concurrent resolution H3003, the reading clerk presented the measure requesting the Department of Transportation name a segment of Main Street in the town of Easley and Pickens County “Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue” and to direct placement of appropriate signs and markers; the senate then voted in favor and the resolution was adopted. The clerk recorded the adoption with the floor chant of “Aye” and the presiding officer stated the resolution was adopted by the Senate.

The senate also agreed to Senate Resolution S-R recognizing June 2025 as Waste and Recyclers Workers Week after a unanimous-consent request by Senator DeHimbre. The text introduced on the floor described the measure as “a senate resolution to recognize June as waste and recycle workers' week in South Carolina.” Senator DeHimbre’s unanimous-consent request to give the resolution immediate consideration was accepted and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.

In a confirmation vote, the Berkeley County delegation’s nominee for Master in Equity, J. Camden West, Esquire, was presented for confirmation. The presiding officer asked for those in favor to say “Aye”; the clerk recorded “Aye,” and the presiding officer announced, “The individual is confirmed.” The transcript records that the confirmation was approved by the Senate.

On contested third reading business, the clerk called the roll for the third reading of a bill identified on the floor as s 28 (later recorded in the transcript as s 208 receiving a third reading). After a roll-call vote the clerk announced, “By a vote of 40 to 0, s 208 receives a third reading of the senate.” The roll-call record as read into the record shows a sequence of senators voting “Aye” (several members were noted as having leave). The transcript does not include amendment text or the final engrossed title for the bill in the spoken floor record provided.

Other floor activity included multiple bill introductions that the reading clerk published and referred to committee: bills addressing tasting and retail sales on licensed premises (referred to Judiciary), expanded educational fee waivers (referred to Education), creation of the offense of veil theft (referred to Judiciary), amendments related to physical education requirements (referred to Education), adjustments to small-estate affidavit limits (referred to Judiciary), changes to the Long Term Care Council references (referred to Medical Affairs), and others. The Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee reported several favorable committee actions (including reporting S101 and S174 with amendments) and placed those items on the calendar. The floor also recorded committee scheduling and calendar-management motions, including unanimous-consent requests to carry over groups of committee resolutions for later recommittal.

Several senators used the floor for introductions and announcements: the senator identified in the transcript as the Senator from Newberry introduced visitors from the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and introduced the doctor of the day, Dr. Sunday Olatunde of Prisma Health. The Senator from Spartanburg introduced teacher-leaders from District 5 attending legislative day. The presiding officer and reading clerk handled roll call, publishing of communications and referrals, and recorded leaves of absence for individual senators.

Ending: The presiding officer adjourned the Senate for the day and announced the next meeting time in the transcript: “Meet at 1PM on Wednesday.”