South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 3 R · 2 D cosponsors

H 4190 — Kenneth Lester Sr. sympathy

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced March 25, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

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  • 122 sponsors

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Summary

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF KENNETH HARRISON "KEN" LESTER SR. OF RICHLAND COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.

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2025-2026 Bill 4190 Text of Previous Version (Mar.
25, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4190Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A house RESOLUTION   TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF KENNETH HARRISON "KEN" LESTER SR.
OF RICHLAND COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
  Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Kenneth Harrison Lester Sr.
at the age of eighty-three on Monday, March 10, 2025;
and   Whereas, born in Wilson, North Carolina, on April 4, 1941, he was the oldest son of the late Lonnie H.
Lester and Polly Woodall Lester and was reared in a loving home with siblings Dicke Lester of Myrtle Beach, Lon Lester of Cherry Grove, Flo Lester Vinson of Florence, and the late John Robert Lester;
and   Whereas, he graduated from McClenaghan High School in Florence, where he was an All-American football player, and was a member of the baseball and basketball teams as well.
He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina (USC), where he played football for four years and baseball for two years, being named an Academic All-ACC football player in 1962;
and   Whereas, after earning a juris doctorate from USC's School of Law, Mr.
Lester practiced family law in Columbia, the founding partner of Lester and Hendrix Law Firm.
He was a Diplomat in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, limited to the top 100 family court trial lawyers in the nation.
He was a Fellow and past president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers consisting of 1,700 of the top matrimonial attorneys in the United States and Canada.
For over twenty-four years, he served on the faculty of the Houston Family Law Institute, now the National Family Law Trial Institute, which is held nine days each year at South Texas College;
and   Whereas, Mr.
Lester was a longtime member of a close-knit group of national family court attorneys who called themselves "The Family." He was the honored recipient of the 2017 Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award from the South Carolina School of Law for his outstanding legal career;
and   Whereas, a lifelong avid Gamecock fan, Mr.
Lester was a member of the Letterman's Association and the Gamecock Club, serving as president of the latter in 1981.
He was a member of "The Rambling Roosters," a group of former teammates who annually attended a pro football game coached by their former USC quarterback, Dan Reeves.
After graduating from USC, he could be seen at almost every home football, baseball, and basketball game.
Early in his legal career, he was a nationally ranked handball player and the owner of a sports complex in Columbia called The Courthouse.
When his clients called his law office, his assistant could truthfully tell them that he was at The Courthouse;
and   Whereas, a renowned storyteller, Mr.
Lester liked serving others, loved people, and never met a stranger.
Making friends and telling a familiar or a new story gave him great joy;
and   Whereas, together with his beloved wife of sixty years, the former Rose Nell Bruorton of Hemingway, he reared three amazing children:
Kristine Lester Long of Chapin, Kenneth Harrison Lester Jr.
of Irmo, and Kelli Lester Lash of Charlotte, North Carolina.
They built many wonderful family memories at their vacation home on Fripp Island.
His children blessed him with the love of six adoring grandchildren who knew him affectionately as PopPop:
Peter, David, Ginny, and John Lash, all four of Charlotte;
and Kyle and Katelyn Long, both of Chapin;
and   Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the legacy of Ken Lester, whose life, both professional and personal, embodied the ideals of service, and for the example of excellence and joy he set for all who knew him.
Now, therefore,   Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
  That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of Kenneth Harrison "Ken" Lester Sr.
of Richland County and extend their deepest sympathy to his large and loving family and his many friends.
  Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Kenneth Harrison "Ken" Lester Sr.
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What does H 4190 do?
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF KENNETH HARRISON "KEN" LESTER SR. OF RICHLAND COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
Who sponsors H 4190?
H 4190 is sponsored by Murphy, Chris, May, Robert J., III, Representative Chris Wooten, Representative Wallace H. "Jay" Jordan, Jr., Representative Terry Alexander, Representative Carl L. Anderson, Representative Lucas Atkinson, Representative William H. Bailey, Representative Nathan Ballentine, Representative Justin T. Bamberg, Representative Bruce W. Bannister, Representative Heather Bauer, Representative Thomas Beach, Representative Beth E. Bernstein, Representative Phillip Bowers, Representative Jeff Bradley, Representative Gary S. Brewer, Jr., T. Case Brittain, Jr. (Republican), Representative James Mikell "Mike" Burns, Representative Joseph M. "Joe" Bustos, Representative Paula Rawl Calhoon, Representative Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV, Representative Donald G. "Don" Chapman, Representative William M. "Bill" Chumley, Representative William "Bill" Clyburn, Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Representative Neal A. Collins, Representative Brandon L. Cox, Representative Heather Ammons Crawford, Representative April Cromer, Representative Sylleste H. Davis, Representative Chandra E. Dillard, Representative Adam L. Duncan, Representative Sarita L. Edgerton, Representative Shannon S. Erickson, Representative Cally R. "Cal" Forrest, Jr., Stephen D. Frank (Republican), Representative Craig A. Gagnon, Representative Kambrell H. Garvin, Representative Gil Gatch, Representative Daniel Gibson, Representative Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam, Representative Wendell G. Gilliard, Representative Thomas Lee Gilreath, Representative Jerry N. Govan, Jr., Representative Hamilton R. Grant, Representative Thomas Duval "Val" Guest, Jr., Representative Brandon Guffey, Representative Patrick B. Haddon, Representative William "Bill" Hager, Representative Kevin Hardee, Representative Robert J. "Rob" Harris, Representative Christopher R. "Chris" Hart, Representative Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr., Representative Charles V. Hartz, Representative Jackie E. "Coach" Hayes, Representative William G. "Bill" Herbkersman, Representative Lee Hewitt, Representative David R. Hiott, Representative William M. "Bill" Hixon, Representative Harriet A. Holman, Representative Lonnie Hosey, Representative Leon Howard, Representative William C. "Chris" Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Representative Wendell K. Jones, Representative John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin, Representative John Richard C. King, Representative Roger K. Kirby, Representative Kathy Landing, Representative M. Brian Lawson, Representative Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon, Representative Steven Wayne Long, Representative Phillip D. Lowe, Jason Luck (Democrat), Representative Josiah Magnuson, Representative David Martin, Representative Donald Ryan McCabe, Jr., Representative John R. McCravy III, Representative Annie E. McDaniel, Representative Timothy A. "Tim" McGinnis, Representative Cody T. Mitchell, Representative W. Scott Montgomery IV, Representative JA Moore, Representative Travis A. Moore, Representative T. Alan Morgan, Jr., Representative Dennis C. Moss, Representative Mike M. Neese, Representative Brandon Newton, Representative Wm. Weston J. Newton, Representative Melissa Lackey Oremus, Representative Jordan S. Pace, Representative Fawn M. Pedalino, Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope, Representative Luke S. Rankin, Representative Robert T. Reese, Representative Michael F. Rivers, Sr., Representative Robby Robbins, Representative Seth Rose, Representative J. Todd Rutherford, Representative Richard Blake Sanders, Carla M. Schuessler (Republican), Representative Heath Sessions, Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn D., Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder (Democrat), Representative Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis, Representative Bill Taylor, Representative James E. Teeple, Representative Jackie R. Terribile, Representative David Vaughan, Representative J. David Weeks, Representative Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore, Representative Joseph S. "Joe" White, Representative William R. "Bill" Whitmire, Representative Paul B. Wickensimer, Representative Robert Q. Williams, Representative Mark N. Willis, Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr., Representative Richard L. "Richie" Yow, and Representative Marvin "Mark" Smith.
What is the current status of H 4190?
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