Bill
H 4215
Requests SCDOT to name the Twelve Mile River bridge on SC 183 in Pickens County General Andrew Pickens Bridge and install signs; non-binding, honorary action.
Status: Adopted; returned to House with concurrence
Introduced: March 25, 2025 (filed / sponsored March–April 2025)
Classification: Concurrent resolution (House & Senate)
Primary sponsors (sample): Reps. Collins, Bowers, Hiott (and later Cromer, White, Kilmartin, Gilreath, Beach)
Committee: House Invitations and Memorial Resolutions — reported favorably
Note: the legislative file provided contains multiple unrelated docket entries from other jurisdictions. This summary focuses only on the South Carolina concurrent resolution titled “General Andrew Pickens Bridge.”
Purpose and intent
- To request that the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) name the bridge over the Twelve Mile River on South Carolina Highway 183 in Pickens County the “General Andrew Pickens Bridge” and to erect appropriate signs or markers bearing that name.
- To honor Andrew Pickens (1739–1817) for his Revolutionary War leadership, civic service, and local historical significance; the resolution cites his military role (including the Battle of Cowpens), postwar political service, family legacy, and local place-name connections (Pickens County / City of Pickens).
Key provisions
- Formal request to SCDOT to assign the name “General Andrew Pickens Bridge” to the specified bridge over the Twelve Mile River on SC Highway 183 (Pickens County).
- Request that SCDOT erect signage or markers at that location displaying the designated name.
- Includes historical findings (biographical background and justification for the honor), including mention that Pickens was a planter and slaveholder — a factual element included in the resolution’s preamble.
Who is affected / impact
- Practical effect is honorary and symbolic. No changes to traffic law, property rights, or transportation routes are enacted.
- Primary operational impact would be on SCDOT, which is asked to update signage at the bridge location. Any costs for signs/installation would typically be addressed by SCDOT consistent with its signage policies (the resolution itself does not appropriate funds).
- Local residents, historians, civic groups, and visitors to Pickens County may be affected in terms of place-name usage and historical recognition; the inclusion of Pickens’s status as a slaveholder could be a focus of public discussion.
Procedure & timeline
- Introduced in the House and referred to the House Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Committee; committee reported favorably (committee report dated March 27, 2025).
- Motion/readings proceeded in the House; the resolution was adopted and sent to the Senate, and subsequent actions show concurrence and adoption. Legislative action records indicate the resolution was adopted and returned to the House with concurrence (May 2025).
- Final administrative step: copies forwarded to SCDOT asking that the bridge be named and appropriate signs erected. Because this is a concurrent resolution requesting executive/administrative action, implementation depends on SCDOT’s acceptance and action.
Additional notes
- The resolution is non-binding law; it requests (but does not compel) SCDOT to name the bridge and install signage.
- The text explicitly notes historical elements that might inform public debate (military service and political legacy, as well as slavery and plantation ownership).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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