1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 5453 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Allison, Alexander, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, 10 Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, 11 Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, 12 Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, 13 George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, 14 Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, 15 Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, 16 McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, Nanney, 17 Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, 18 RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, 19 Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, 20 Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1665sd16.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on May 31, 2016 24 Adopted by the House on May 31, 2016 25 26 Summary: Miss SC Scholarship Organization, Inc. 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 5/31/2016 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 5/31/2016 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE THE MISS SOUTH CAROLINA 12 SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION, INC., ON CROWNING 13 THE EIGHTIETH MISS SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2016 AND TO 14 THANK THE ORGANIZATION FOR ITS MANY YEARS OF 15 OFFERING THE YOUNG WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA 16 OPPORTUNITIES IN LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, AND 17 SERVICE. 18 19 Whereas, the House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the 20 Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization, Inc., will crown 21 the eightieth Miss South Carolina in 2016; and 22 23 Whereas, in 1937, the organization crowned the first Miss South 24 Carolina, thus beginning a long tradition of offering the young 25 women of South Carolina opportunities to develop their leadership 26 abilities, continue their education, and participate in service to the 27 citizens of this great State; and 28 29 Whereas, the Miss America Pageant, the parent organization of the 30 Miss South Carolina Pageant, was organized in 1921 by a group of 31 Atlantic City, New Jersey, merchants and civic leaders. Today, the 32 pageant and its 1,500 local and state pageants comprise the largest 33 single source of scholarship funds available to young women in the 34 world. This unique organization provides scholarships at every 35 level of competition; and 36 37 Whereas, South Carolina joined the Miss America Pageant family 38 in 1937, when a state franchise was awarded. In the early years, 39 Myrtle Beach served as the setting for the Miss South Carolina 40 competition, held at the Pavilion near the Atlantic Ocean. In 1958, 41 the pageant moved to Greenville, and in the early 1990s the 42 pageant relocated to Spartanburg. In 2011, the pageant was moved

[5453] 2 1 to Columbia, the state capital, where the 75thanniversary pageant 2 was held, and where the pageant continues to be held; and 3 4 Whereas, the Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization, Inc., 5 is the largest provider of scholarships to young women in the State 6 of South Carolina, and has offered several hundred thousand 7 dollars in cash scholarships and over $10 million in tuition 8 scholarships. Now, therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 11 12 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 13 by this resolution, congratulate the Miss South Carolina 14 Scholarship Organization, Inc., on crowning the eightieth Miss 15 South Carolina in 2016 and thank the organization for its many 16 years of offering the young women of South Carolina 17 opportunities in leadership, education, and service. 18 19 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 20 the Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization, Inc. 21 XX 22

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