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

H 3956 — Wayne Corley 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 February 11, 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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  • 122 sponsors

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

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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 OTTO WAYNE CORLEY 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 3956 Text of Previous Version (Feb.
11, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3956Indicates 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 Otto Wayne Corley 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 Otto Wayne Corley at the age of eighty-six on Tuesday, February 4, 2025;
and   Whereas, born in Red Bank in 1938, he was the son of the late Otto Shull and Ruth Harmon Corley.
Reared in a loving home with two siblings, Katherine "Kitty" Corley Spence and the late Webster Corley, he graduated from Lexington High School in 1956 and enrolled in the University of South Carolina;
and   Whereas, Mr.
Corley's undergraduate studies were interrupted to serve in the United States Army in counterintelligence from 1960 to 1963.
He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina (USC) in 1965 and a juris doctorate from the USC School of Law in 1968.
While attending law school, he worked as a page for then Lieutenant Governor Robert E.
McNair;
and   Whereas, he was elected to serve as the first national president of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association, a newly formed organization at that time.
After graduation from law school, he served in the governor's office as legal assistant to the governor, focusing on law enforcement, extradition, and legislative relations;
and   Whereas, in 1971, Mr.
Corley became one of three founding members of McNair Law Firm.
From the firm's inception, he served as an executive leader until he relinquished his role of managing shareholder in 2004 to focus on his public finance law practice.
He was instrumental in the development of the firm's public finance practice area, which over time became, and remains, one of the most respected in the Southeast, issuing bonds to obtain financing for many of the municipalities, counties, school districts, hospitals, airports, and publicly owned utilities in the State of South Carolina.
During his career, he was involved in issuing bonds totaling in excess of thirty-four billion dollars.
His prominence in this area of law earned him inclusion in the Best Lawyers of America, among other accolades;
and   Whereas, devoted to his community, he served as president of the Summit Club of Columbia, as chair of the Carolina's Advisory Board of Bank of America, and as a member of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina Business Partnership, the ETV Partnership Board, the board of the Palmetto Health Alliance Foundation, USC Board of Visitors, USC Law School Partnership, advisory board for the Darla Moore School of Business, Midlands Business Leadership Group, and the State Museum Foundation.
He was also a member of the Palmetto Club and Forest Lake Club and was president of the South Carolina Debutante Ball;
and   Whereas, a faithful member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Mr.
Corley served the congregation as a deacon and as an elder.
Always generous with his time and his resources, he loved to hunt, fish, and boat on Lake Murray or on the Congaree River all the way to Edisto Island;
and   Whereas, together with his beloved wife of sixty-two years, Jacqueline "Jacquie" Splawn Corley, he reared two fine children, Lauren Kendall Corley of Columbia and Christopher Lawrence Corley of Mt.
Pleasant.
Their children blessed him with the affection of two loving grandchildren, Lillian Madison and Alexander Shull Corley;
and   Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the life and legacy of Wayne Corley and for the example of service, excellence, and kindness 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 Otto Wayne Corley 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 Otto Wayne Corley.
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What does H 3956 do?
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF OTTO WAYNE CORLEY OF RICHLAND COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
Who sponsors H 3956?
H 3956 is sponsored by Murphy, Chris, May, Robert J., III, Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn D., Representative J. Todd Rutherford, 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 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, 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 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, Representative Richard L. "Richie" Yow, Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr., and Representative Marvin "Mark" Smith.
What is the current status of H 3956?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 11, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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