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

H 3723 — National Medicolegal Investigation Professionals Week

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This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 15, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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

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Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

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  • Passed House

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  • 123 sponsors

    123 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19-25, 2025, AS NATIONAL MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN HONOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CORONERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, AND MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY.

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29, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026(Text matches printed bills.
15, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3723Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) A concurrent RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19-25, 2025, AS NATIONAL MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN HONOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CORONERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, AND MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A concurrent RESOLUTION   TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19 THROUGH JANUARY 25, 2025, AS NATIONAL MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN HONOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CORONERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, AND MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are proud to honor the medicolegal death investigation professionals during the week of January 19 through January 25, 2025;
  Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are proud to honor the medicolegal death investigation professionals during the week of January 19 through January 25, 2025;
and Whereas, forty-six elected coroners and nearly three hundred deputy coroners, medicolegal death investigators (MDI's), and other professionals provide vital services in South Carolina.
and   Whereas, forty-six elected coroners and nearly three hundred deputy coroners, medicolegal death investigators (MDI's), and other professionals provide vital services in South Carolina.
They are the cornerstone of medicolegal death investigations.
They are the cornerstone of medicolegal death investigations.  They are professionals who represent decedents, their families, and their communities to ensure that suspicious, violent, unattended, unexplained, and unexpected deaths that occur in their jurisdictions are investigated;
They are professionals who represent decedents, their families, and their communities to ensure that suspicious, violent, unattended, unexplained, and unexpected deaths that occur in their jurisdictions are investigated;
and   Whereas, coroners, deputy coroners, and MDI professionals meet the needs of the criminal justice system, the public health system, and the emergency management system, as they serve in an ever-changing profession which impacts the American population in a wide range of settings;
and Whereas, coroners, deputy coroners, and MDI professionals meet the needs of the criminal justice system, the public health system, and the emergency management system, as they serve in an ever-changing profession which impacts the American population in a wide range of settings;
and   Whereas, the South Carolina Coroners' Association is the voice for coroners and their teams in this State.
and Whereas, the South Carolina Coroners' Association is the voice for coroners and their teams in this State.
and Whereas, the South Carolina Coroners' Association aims to attain the highest quality medicolegal death investigation standards which are consistent with national standards;
and   Whereas, the South Carolina Coroners' Association aims to attain the highest quality medicolegal death investigation standards which are consistent with national standards;
and Whereas, with a renewed emphasis on ethical, qualified, independent, and thorough death investigations, medicolegal death investigators speak for those who can no longer speak for themselves and have demonstrated that they are an indispensable component of the public health, criminal justice, and emergency management systems as they respond to acts of violence;
and   Whereas, with a renewed emphasis on ethical, qualified, independent, and thorough death investigations, medicolegal death investigators speak for those who can no longer speak for themselves and have demonstrated that they are an indispensable component of the public health, criminal justice, and emergency management systems as they respond to acts of violence;
Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Now, therefore,   Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize the week of January 19 through January 25, 2025, as National Medicolegal Death Investigation Professionals Week in the State of South Carolina in honor of the South Carolina Coroners' Association and the coroners, deputy coroners, and medicolegal death investigation professionals who serve our citizens every day.
  That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize the week of January 19 through January 25, 2025, as National Medicolegal Death Investigation Professionals Week in the State of South Carolina in honor of the South Carolina Coroners' Association and the coroners, deputy coroners, and medicolegal death investigation professionals who serve our citizens every day.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the South Carolina Coroners' Association.
  Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the South Carolina Coroners' Association.
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Action History

  1. Scrivener's error corrected

  2. Scrivener's error corrected

  3. Adopted, returned to House with concurrence

  4. Recalled from Committee on Judiciary

  5. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  6. Introduced

  7. Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

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Not signed on (47)

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Frequently asked questions

What does H 3723 do?
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19-25, 2025, AS NATIONAL MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WEEK IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN HONOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CORONERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, AND MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE OUR CITIZENS EVERY DAY.
Who sponsors H 3723?
H 3723 is sponsored by Wheeler, William W., III, Murphy, Chris, May, Robert J., III, Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope, Representative David R. Hiott, Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, 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 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 G. Murrell Smith, Jr., Representative Marvin "Mark" Smith, 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 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 Wallace H. "Jay" Jordan, Jr., 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, Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn D., 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 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, 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 Chris Wooten, and Representative Richard L. "Richie" Yow.
What is the current status of H 3723?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 15, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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