2015-2016 Bill 4194: Paul Isaiah Weldon Cemetery - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4194 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Quinn 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5330cm15.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on May 19, 2015 13 Introduced in the Senate on June 3, 2015 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on February 24, 2016 15 16 Summary: Paul Isaiah Weldon Cemetery 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 5/19/2015 House Introduced ( House Journalpage 54) 23 5/19/2015 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 24 Journalpage 54) 25 5/27/2015 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 26 Journalpage 28) 27 5/28/2015 Scrivener's error corrected 28 6/2/2015 House Adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 61) 29 6/3/2015 Senate Introduced ( Senate Journalpage 14) 30 6/3/2015 Senate Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology ( Senate Journalpage 14) 31 2/23/2016 Senate Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance ( Senate Journalpage 10) 32 2/24/2016 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 35) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 5/19/2015 40 5/27/2015 41 5/28/2015 42 6/3/2015 43 2/23/2016 44 1 COMMITTEE REPORT 2 February 23, 2016 3 4 H. 4194 5 6 Introduced by Rep. Quinn 7 8 S. Printed 2/23/16--S. 9 Read the first time June 3, 2015. 10 11 12 THE COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONS AND PENOLOGY 13 To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4194) to 14 request that the Department of Corrections name the inmate 15 cemetery located on its Broad River Road property in Richland 16 County, etc., respectfully 17 REPORT: 18 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 19 recommend that the same do pass: 20 21 MICHAEL L. FAIR for Committee. 22

[4194-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 12 NAME THE INMATE CEMETERY LOCATED ON ITS 13 BROAD RIVER ROAD PROPERTY IN RICHLAND COUNTY 14 “PAUL ISAIAH WELDON CEMETERY”. 15 16 Whereas, Mr. Paul Isaiah Weldon was born in the Town of 17 Winnsboro in 1933; and 18 19 Whereas, he received both his Bachelor of Science degree in 20 Social Studies in 1959 and his Master of Science degree in Clinical 21 Psychology in 1966 from Fort Hays State University in Fort Hays, 22 Kansas; and 23 24 Whereas, from 1959 to 1962 he served as an instructor at Lake 25 View High School in Lexington. From 1962 to 1969, Mr. Weldon 26 was employed as a Clinical Psychologist at CraftsFarrow State 27 Hospital in Richland County. He was the Assistant Director of the 28 Reception and Evaluation Center for the Department of Juvenile 29 Justice from 1970 to 1974; and 30 31 Whereas, in 1974 Department of Corrections Commissioner 32 William D. Leeke appointed Mr. Weldon as the department’s 33 Deputy Commissioner for Program Services. As Deputy 34 Commissioner, Paul Isaiah Weldon’s goal was to “make the prison 35 system a more humane environment for both inmates and staff”. 36 He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1990; and 37 38 Whereas, one of his many accomplishments during his tenure at 39 the Department of Corrections was to establish an inmate cemetery 40 on the department’s property located on Broad River Road in 41 Richland County; and 42

[4194] 3 1 Whereas, throughout his career as a public servant, Mr. Weldon 2 received numerous awards and recognitions which included the 3 Order of the Palmetto which was presented to him by Governor 4 Carroll Campbell in 1990; and 5 6 Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to name the inmate 7 cemetery that was established during his career with the 8 Department of Corrections in his honor. Now, therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 11 concurring: 12 13 That the members of the General Assembly request that the 14 Department of Corrections name the inmate cemetery located on 15 its Broad River Road property in Richland County “Paul Isaiah 16 Weldon Cemetery”. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 19 the Department of Corrections. 20 XX 21

[4194] 4