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SC H3003

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Neal Collins

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Origin

House of Representatives

126th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requests the South Carolina Department of Transportation rename the portion of Main Street in Easley, Pickens County, from Wilbur Street to North Pendleton Street as "Officer Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue"

  • Honors Officer Matthew Hare, an Easley Police Department officer who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on August 2, 2023, while attempting to save a woman threatening self-harm on railroad tracks

  • Officer Hare was 22 years old and had graduated from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy only five months before his death

  • Officer Hare was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Hall of Fame in 2024 for his bravery and heroism

  • Directs the Department of Transportation to erect appropriate signs or markers along the designated highway portion

Legislative Description

Officer Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue

Last Action

Adopted, returned to House with concurrence

2/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Transportation2/5/2025
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions12/5/2024

Full Bill Text

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