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H 4314

Police Week in SC

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Terry Alexander and 122 co-sponsors

Designates May 11-17, 2025 as Police Week in South Carolina to honor officers killed in the line of duty and support their families; a ceremonial, nonbinding tribute.

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Bill Summary · H 4314

Summary — H. 4314: “Police Week in South Carolina” (House Resolution)

Status: Introduced and adopted by the South Carolina House (Introduced & adopted April 9, 2025). Senate concurrence noted July 24, 2025. Classified as a House resolution (honorary).

Purpose / Intent

To recognize May 11–17, 2025 as “Police Week in South Carolina” (in conjunction with National Police Week) and formally honor the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers — particularly those killed in the line of duty — and to express the General Assembly’s appreciation for officers and their families.

Key provisions

  • Officially designates the week of May 11–17, 2025 as “Police Week in South Carolina.”
  • Honors law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty while protecting communities and safeguarding democracy.
  • Notes the historical basis: President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 proclamation designating May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week containing that date as National Police Week.
  • Specifically acknowledges that 147 federal, state, military, tribal, and local officers died in the line of duty nationwide in 2024, including one South Carolina officer — State Transport Police Officer Mark Reynolds — whose name will be engraved on the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on the State House grounds.
  • Expresses the House’s gratitude to all current serving officers and to the families of fallen officers.

Who is affected

  • Primarily symbolic/ceremonial: law enforcement officers, families of fallen officers, local communities, and civic organizations involved in memorial observances.
  • No direct regulatory, fiscal, or administrative obligations for state agencies or local governments are created by this resolution.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced and adopted by the House on April 9, 2025.
  • Senate concurred July 24, 2025 (documented in the legislative history).
  • Additional readings and committee activity are recorded in the bill history (several committee referrals, readings, and procedural actions through November 2025).
  • As an honorary resolution, it does not require gubernatorial action to be effective and carries no binding legal force.

Fiscal and legal impact

  • Nonbinding commemorative resolution — no appropriation, regulatory change, or enforceable legal effect.
  • No reported fiscal impact.

Notable details

  • Aligns state recognition with National Police Week observances.
  • Calls attention to the service and risks of law enforcement and the support owed to their families and communities.
  • The resolution names a specific fallen South Carolina officer (Officer Mark Reynolds) as being memorialized on the State House memorial.

For readers seeking the full text or official legislative history, refer to the South Carolina General Assembly bill file for H.4314 (House Resolution, April 9, 2025).

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

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