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H 4575 — Major Richard Star Act
Last action — Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.
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Summary
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO MEMORIALIZE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ADOPT THE MAJOR RICHARD STAR ACT TO ALLOW ALL MEDICALLY RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE FULL ACCESS TO THEIR RETIREMENT PAY AND BENEFITS.
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17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4575Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) A concurrent RESOLUTION to memorialize the United States Congress to ADOPT THE MAJOR RICHARD STAR ACT TO ALLOW ALL MEDICALLY RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE FULL ACCESS TO THEIR RETIREMENT PAY AND BENEFITS.
Whereas, Major Richard Star was an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who, after exposure to burn pits during his service, received a diagnosis of lung cancer.
Due to his diagnosis, Major Richard Star was forced to retire before completing twenty years of service and was therefore unable to collect his retirement and disability benefits;
and Whereas, for every dollar of disability pay a veteran receives, a veteran with less than twenty years of service and a disability rating of less than fifty percent, has his retirement pay reduced by a dollar.
An estimated 50,000 retired service members are ineligible for concurrent benefits under the current rules;
and Whereas, according to the Congressional Budget Office, in 2022, the average offset was approximately $1,900 a month.
The Major Richard Star Act would remove these restrictions and ensure that all service members who have medically retired can receive full access to retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs' disability benefits;
and Whereas, after dying from his battle with lung cancer in 2021, Major Richard Star's widow claimed that his greatest goal was to get legislation passed providing for the removal of these restrictions.
The United States owes these benefits to its veterans regardless of the cost associated with their allocation.
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, memorialize the United States Congress to adopt the Major Richard Star Act to allow all medically retired service members to receive full access to their retirement pay and benefits.
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Action History
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Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
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Introduced
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Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
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Prefiled
Sponsors
- Representative Shannon S. Erickson · Primary
- Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
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Not signed on (168)
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Frequently asked questions
- What does H 4575 do?
- A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO MEMORIALIZE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ADOPT THE MAJOR RICHARD STAR ACT TO ALLOW ALL MEDICALLY RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE FULL ACCESS TO THEIR RETIREMENT PAY AND BENEFITS.
- Who sponsors H 4575?
- H 4575 is sponsored by Representative Shannon S. Erickson and Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope.
- What is the current status of H 4575?
- This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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