2015-2016 Bill 3516: Karen Jacobs Sprayberry - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 3516 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Mitchell, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, 10 Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, 11 Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, 12 Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, 13 Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, Johnson, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, 16 McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, 17 Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, 18 Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, 19 Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, Wells, 20 Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24234zw15.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on February 4, 2015 24 Adopted by the House on February 4, 2015 25 26 Summary: Karen Jacobs Sprayberry 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 2/4/2015 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 35) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 2/4/2015 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR KAREN JACOBS 12 SPRAYBERRY, PROGRAM COORDINATOR II FOR THE 13 BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL 14 QUALITY CONTROL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE 15 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 16 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, UPON THE OCCASION OF 17 HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN TWENTYEIGHT 18 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF 19 THIS STATE, AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED SUCCESS 20 AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 21 22 Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the members of the 23 South Carolina House of Representatives should pause in their 24 deliberations to express their gratitude to Karen Jacobs Sprayberry 25 for her significant contributions to the South Carolina Department 26 of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC); and 27 28 Whereas, after earning a bachelor’s in public affairs from 29 Columbia College in 1988 where she served as the president of the 30 student body, she served as special events coordinator for 31 Katharine Campbell and Company and then as an administrative 32 specialist in the Division of Economic Opportunity for the Office 33 of the Governor; and 34 35 Whereas, from 1992 to 1997, Ms. Sprayberry served as a research 36 assistant for the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging for the 37 South Carolina House of Representatives and then as an 38 administrative assistant for the State Reorganization Commission; 39 and 40 41 Whereas, she served as the program coordinator for the Bureau of 42 Land and Waste Management from 1998 to 2005, and since then

[3516] 2 1 she has served as Program Coordinator II for the Environmental 2 Quality Control Administration Office and for the last year for the 3 Bureau of Air Quality as well, all with South Carolina DHEC; and 4 5 Whereas, deeply involved in her community, Karen Sprayberry 6 has served in numerous capacities in the Junior League of 7 Columbia, including as a sustainer and as chair and cochair of the 8 organization’s Holiday Market. She also served as the chair of 9 Circle 8 for Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, a member of the 10 board of directors and chair of the Public Policy Committee of the 11 MidState Chapter Alzheimer’s Association, and secretary of the 12 Carolina Carillon; and 13 14 Whereas, she was honored with the Award of Appreciation from 15 the R.I.S.E. Project for her dedication to the Graniteville, 16 Vaucluse, and Warrenville communities in 2013 and three times 17 with the Team of the Year Award from the Environmental Quality 18 Control for SC DHEC. Five different years she received the 19 Michael D. Jarrett Outstanding Customer Service Award, and she 20 earned the United States EPA Environmental Justice Achievement 21 State Award; and 22 23 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 24 Representatives are grateful for the years of unparalleled 25 dedication that Karen Sprayberry has devoted to the South 26 Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and 27 wish her many years of enjoyment in her wellearned retirement. 28 Now, therefore, 29 30 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 31 32 That the members of the House of Representatives/General 33 Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, 34 recognize and honor Karen Jacobs Sprayberry, Program 35 Coordinator II for the Bureau of Air Quality and the 36 Environmental Quality Control Administration Office of the South 37 Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, upon 38 the occasion of her retirement after more than twentyeight years of 39 exemplary service to the citizens of this State, and wish her 40 continued success and happiness in all her future endeavors. 41 42 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 43 Karen Jacobs Sprayberry.

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