<p> 1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 4026 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Kirby, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brown, 11 Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, 12 Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, 13 Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, 14 Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, 15 King, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, 16 McKnight, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, 17 Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, 18 Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, 19 Thigpen, Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 20 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24961wab17.docx 21 22 Introduced in the House on March 22, 2017 23 Introduced in the Senate on March 23, 2017 24 Adopted by the General Assembly on April 4, 2017 25 26 Summary: Dr. Ronald E McNair Day 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/22/2017 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 54) 33 3/23/2017 Senate Introduced ( Senate Journalpage 9) 34 3/23/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Invitations ( Senate Journalpage 9) 35 3/30/2017 Senate Polled out of committee Invitations ( Senate Journalpage 14) 36 3/30/2017 Senate Committee report: Favorable Invitations ( Senate Journalpage 14) 37 4/4/2017 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 26) 38 39 View the latest legislative information at the website 40 41 42 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 43 44 3/22/2017 45 3/30/2017 46 1 POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE 2 MAJORITY FAVORABLE 3 March 30, 2017 4 5 H. 4026 6 7 Introduced by Reps. Kirby, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, 8 Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 9 Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, 10 Bowers, Bradley, Brown, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, 11 Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, 12 Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, 13 Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, 14 Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, 15 Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, 16 Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, 17 Jordan, King, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, 18 Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McKnight, 19 Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, 20 Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, 21 M. Rivers, S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, 22 Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, 23 Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, 24 Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, Whipper, White, Whitmire, 25 Williams, Willis and Yow 26 27 S. Printed 3/30/17--S. 28 Read the first time March 23, 2017. 29 30 31 THE COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS 32 To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4026) to 33 recognize and honor the memory of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, 34 renowned physicist and astronaut who lost his life in the 35 Challenger space shuttle tragedy, and to declare October, etc., 36 respectfully 37 REPORT: 38 Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable. 39</p><p>[4026-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE MEMORY OF DR. 12 RONALD E. MCNAIR, RENOWNED PHYSICIST AND 13 ASTRONAUT WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE CHALLENGER 14 SPACE SHUTTLE TRAGEDY, AND TO DECLARE OCTOBER 15 21, 2017, “DR. RONALD E. MCNAIR DAY” IN SOUTH 16 CAROLINA. 17 18 Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the members of the 19 South Carolina General Assembly should pause in their 20 deliberations to remember and celebrate the life of the late Dr. 21 Ronald E. McNair; and 22 23 Whereas, born in Lake City on October 21, 1950, Ronald McNair 24 was reared in a lowincome family but was undaunted by any 25 hurdles he encountered. Determined to excel in academia and life, 26 he graduated from Carver High School in 1967 as valedictorian, 27 and in 1971 he earned a bachelor’s degree in physics, magna cum 28 laude, from North Carolina A & T University; and 29 30 Whereas, Ronald McNair completed a doctorate in physics from 31 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, and later 32 achieved national recognition for his work in laser physics; and 33 34 Whereas, after being selected by NASA as one of only thirtyfive 35 from a pool of ten thousand applicants, in 1984 Dr. McNair 36 became the second African American selected to make a flight into 37 space when he was assigned to be a mission specialist on the space 38 shuttle Challenger; and 39 40 Whereas, he was a member of the Challenger crew on the fateful 41 day of January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded shortly 42 after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center; and</p><p>[4026] 3 1 2 Whereas, the recipient of a number of honorary doctorates, 3 fellowships, and commendations, Dr. McNair exemplified 4 excellence in his thirtysix years; and 5 6 Whereas, a dedicated husband and the father of two children, 7 Reginald Ervin and Joy Cheray, he found the time to earn a 8 sixthdegree black belt in karate and become an accomplished 9 saxophonist; and 10 11 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 12 take great pride in honoring this remarkable native son of the 13 Palmetto State for his outstanding contributions and his impressive 14 accomplishments. Now, therefore, 15 16 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 17 concurring: 18 19 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 20 resolution, recognize and honor the memory of Dr. Ronald E. 21 McNair, renowned physicist and astronaut who lost his life in the 22 Challenger space shuttle tragedy, and declare October 21, 2017, 23 “Dr. Ronald E. McNair Day” in South Carolina. 24 25 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 26 the family of Dr. Ronald E. McNair. 27 XX 28</p><p>[4026] 4</p>