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H 5584

Family Month

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Thomas Beach and 12 co-sponsors

Designate June 2026 as Family Month to honor and promote the traditional family structure, with ceremonial recognition and no new laws or funding.

Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
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Bill Summary · H 5584

Summary of Bill H 5584 (Session 2025-2026, South Carolina)

Overview

  • Type: Concurrent resolution (no new law, but symbolic designation)
  • Title: Family Month
  • Purpose: Designate June 2026 as “Family Month” in South Carolina and commend efforts to protect and strengthen traditional family values.

Main Purpose and Intent

  • The bill unanimously seeks to honor and promote the traditional family structure (defined here as one husband, one wife, and biological, adopted, or foster children).
  • It frames the family as foundational to individual well-being, societal stability, and national prosperity.
  • It expresses a normative stance against what it portrays as anti-family influences (references to humanistic/globalist ideologies and population-control framing) and emphasizes support for “traditional values.”

Key Provisions

  • Designation: June 2026 is designated as “Family Month” in South Carolina.
  • Recognition: The South Carolina General Assembly, along with state citizens, would commend efforts to protect and strengthen traditional family values.
  • No Regulatory Changes: As a concurrent resolution, it does not create new regulatory requirements or funding, nor does it alter existing law or policy in a binding way.

Who/What Is Affected

  • Primary beneficiaries: The citizens of South Carolina, particularly groups aligned with the resolution’s framing of “traditional values.”
  • Institutions/Entities: State government bodies and the public at large participate in recognizing and observing Family Month, through ceremonial acknowledgement rather than administrative action.
  • No fiscal impact: The resolution does not specify funding or budgetary changes.

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

  • Introduced: April 23, 2026
  • Committee: Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
  • Next steps: The committee would consider the resolution; if approved, it would move to the floor for a vote by both houses (as a concurrent resolution).

Context and Considerations

  • The language emphasizes traditional family structure and contrasts it with various broad critiques of modern ideologies, including references to population control and international organizations. As a symbolic measure, it aims to express a legislative stance rather than create enforceable policy.
  • Readers should note that, as a concurrent resolution, it does not mandate programs, funding, or regulatory changes, but serves as a formal expression of the General Assembly’s values and recognition.

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Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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