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

H 4368 — Geales Gavin Sands, retirement

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This bill has passed the House. Introduced April 22, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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  • 123 sponsors

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Summary

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR GEALES GAVIN SANDS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FRANCES P. BUNNELLE FOUNDATION, ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT, TO EXTEND DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY, AND TO OFFER BEST WISHES FOR A SATISFYING AND REWARDING RETIREMENT.

Bill Text

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Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill H 4368 primarily acknowledges Geales Gavin Sands for her retirement as the executive director of the Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation. It honors her 21 years of service dedicated to improving quality of life in Georgetown County. This change matters because it formally recognizes her contributions, enhancing community appreciation for local leaders who work tirelessly for public benefit.

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2025-2026 Bill 4368 Text of Previous Version (Apr.
22, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4368Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A house RESOLUTION   TO HONOR GEALES GAVIN SANDS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FRANCES P.
BUNNELLE FOUNDATION, ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT, TO EXTEND DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY, AND TO OFFER BEST WISHES FOR A SATISFYING AND REWARDING RETIREMENT.
  Whereas, since 2004, the Frances P.
Bunnelle Foundation in Georgetown County has enjoyed the benefit of the dedication, experience, and leadership of Geales Gavin Sands, the foundation's executive director, who on May 30, 2025, will retire after twenty-one years of outstanding service;
and   Whereas, this native of Louisiana moved to Murrells Inlet in 1999 and became the executive director and first employee of the Frances P.
Bunnelle Foundation five years later.
The foundation aids Georgetown County through financial support of the nonprofit community that works to improve the county.
Previously, Geales had worked in volunteer recruitment and placement, as well as in development for nonprofits.
She found her new job with the Bunnelle Foundation to be a great fit because she enjoys connecting people and organizations;
and   Whereas, over the years, Geales has served the Frances P.
Bunnelle Foundation as a public speaker and has been a source for an overview of nonprofit organizations in Georgetown County, for information on Georgetown-area nonprofits, and for general consultations for nonprofits, all with the idea of improving quality of life for the citizens of Georgetown County.
Among many other projects, Geales led the foundation in helping to establish the YSplash program, which teaches second graders about water safety, at the Georgetown YMCA.
She also worked with a team of eighty-three nonprofit Georgetown County organizations and many volunteers to raise $4,100,000 in thirty-six hours on Palmetto Giving Day;
and   Whereas, in preparation for her career, Geales Sands earned her bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University, and she is a Riley Fellow and a Senior Fellow with the Waccamaw American Leadership Forum;
and   Whereas, a woman of faith, Geales is active in her church.
There, she leads the Flower Guild, which has hosted flower workshops open to the community.
The House hopes that soon Geales will find herself more frequently able to indulge her love of flowers (and needlepoint, her pandemic therapy), as well as her pleasure in being with her family, which includes identical twin granddaughters;
and   Whereas, the House of Representatives, grateful for the legacy of consistent commitment and excellence Geales Sands has bestowed on the people of South Carolina, is pleased to wish her well as she enters retirement and trusts she will find much enjoyment in the more leisurely pace of the days ahead.
Now, therefore,   Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
  That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor Geales Gavin Sands, executive director of the Frances P.
Bunnelle Foundation, on the occasion of her retirement, extend deep appreciation for her twenty-one years of working to improve quality of life for the people of Georgetown County, and offer best wishes for a satisfying and rewarding retirement.
  Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Geales Gavin Sands.
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What does H 4368 do?
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR GEALES GAVIN SANDS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FRANCES P. BUNNELLE FOUNDATION, ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT, TO EXTEND DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY, AND TO OFFER BEST WISHES FOR A SATISFYING AND REWARDING RETIREMENT.
Who sponsors H 4368?
H 4368 is sponsored by May, Robert J., III, Representative Lee Hewitt, Representative Carl L. Anderson, Representative Terry Alexander, 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, Murphy, Chris, 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 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, 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 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, 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 Courtney S. Waters, 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 Marvin "Mark" Smith, and Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr..
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