2015-2016 Bill 4347: Sir James Paul Mccartney - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4347 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. J.E. Smith, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, 11 R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, 12 H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, 13 Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, 14 Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, 15 Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, 16 Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, 17 D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, 18 Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, 19 G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, 20 Toole, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24486zw15.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on June 16, 2015 24 Adopted by the House on June 16, 2015 25 26 Summary: Sir James Paul McCartney 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 6/16/2015 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 72) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 6/16/2015 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE SIR JAMES PAUL MCCARTNEY ON 12 HIS ICONIC AND HISTORIC CAREER AS A ROCK LEGEND 13 AND TO WELCOME HIM TO THE PALMETTO STATE AS 14 HE PERFORMS IN THE CAPITAL CITY DURING HIS OUT 15 THERE TOUR. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 18 Representatives are pleased to learn that rock legend Paul 19 McCartney will play a concert in Columbia at the Colonial Life 20 Arena as part of his Out There tour on June 25, 2015; and 21 22 Whereas, more than twenty years ago, he performed in the capital 23 city at WilliamsBrice Stadium on May 7, 1993, as part of The New 24 World Tour 1993; and 25 26 Whereas, a member of the iconic rock band The Beatles, Paul 27 McCartney also has enjoyed enormous success through his solo 28 work and with another group, Wings, and he has collaborated with 29 many such artists as Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and most 30 recently had a hit called “FourFiveSeconds” with Kanye West and 31 Rihanna; and 32 33 Whereas, this English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and 34 composer has achieved sixty gold discs during his fiftyeight year 35 career and has sold over one hundred million albums and one 36 hundred million singles with the Beatles and as a solo artist; and 37 38 Whereas, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a 39 member of The Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1999, Mr. 40 McCartney has been honored with twentyone Grammy Awards 41 and has written or cowritten thirtytwo songs that have reached 42 number one on the Billboard Hot 100; and

[4347] 2 1 2 Whereas, after his promoters scheduled his concert at the Firefly 3 Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, the decision was made to add 4 some more shows. Columbia organizers grasped the opportunity 5 when Columbia was the right distance from his other venues and 6 Colonial Life Arena was available; and 7 8 Whereas, the Columbia concert is the only scheduled stop for the 9 rock star in the Southeast, which promises to be a music feast for 10 the many McCartney fans in the area lucky enough to have 11 acquired a ticket to the soldout event; and 12 13 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 14 Representatives appreciate the visit of Paul McCartney to the 15 capital city and congratulate him on his phenomenal career as a 16 pop singer for almost six decades . Now, therefore, 17 18 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 19 20 That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of 21 South Carolina, by this resolution, congratulate Sir James Paul 22 McCartney on his iconic and historic career as a rock legend and 23 welcome him to the Palmetto State as he performs in the capital 24 city during his Out There tour. 25 26 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 27 Sir James Paul McCartney. 28 XX 29

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