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

H 4938 — David Vehaun, Rock Hill’s longest-serving city manager

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 15, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

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Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

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  • 124 sponsors

    124 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Summary

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND COMMEND DAVID B. VEHAUN, CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF ROCK HILL, FOR HIS FIFTEEN YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THAT CHARMING MUNICIPALITY IN HIS PRESENT POST AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BECOMING ROCK HILL'S LONGEST-SERVING CITY MANAGER.

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Plain-language change summary

In the updated version of Bill H 4938, the text now includes a resolution honoring David B. Vehaun for his fifteen years of service as the City Manager of Rock Hill, acknowledging him as the longest-serving individual in that role. This change highlights his significant contributions to the city and marks a special celebration on January 29, 2026, to commend his dedication. Recognizing public servants like Vehaun is important because it fosters appreciation for their work and encourages continued engagement in local governance.

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2025-2026 Bill 4938 Text of Previous Version (Jan.
15, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4938Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A house RESOLUTION   TO HONOR AND COMMEND David B.
Vehaun, City manager for the City of Rock Hill, for his FIFTEEN YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THAT CHARMING MUNICIPALITY IN HIS PRESENT POST AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BECOMING ROCK HILL'S LONGEST-SERVING CITY MANAGER.
  Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that David B.
Vehaun, having served fifteen years as city manager for the City of Rock Hill, has become that city's longest-serving city manager and will be honored at a special celebration, to be held on January 29, 2026;
and   Whereas, David, who has served as city manager since October 2010, previously served the city as assistant city manager.
Before assuming the latter position, he held a variety of other posts for the City of Rock Hill, including chief financial officer, senior financial analyst, and financial analyst;
and   Whereas, in preparation for his career, in 1986 David earned his bachelor's degree in government and public service, with an emphasis in business administration, from Winthrop University, where he graduated with honors.
He received a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an emphasis on finance and budget administration, in 1989.
In 1991, David also graduated from the Advanced Government Finance Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, which he attended on one of two MBIA National Scholarships;
and   Whereas, he has moderated, and spoken at, past Government Finance Officer Association (GFOA) national conventions on topics such as budgeting and long-range financial planning.
A frequent speaker at statewide finance conferences, he is also past president of both the Government Finance Officers Association of South Carolina and the Municipal Finance Officers, Clerks and Treasurers Association of South Carolina.
Further, he has served on GFOA's National Nominating Committee and as chairperson of the GFOA National Committee on Governmental Budgeting and Fiscal Policy.
One of three GFOA representatives to the National Streamlined Sales Tax effort, David also has served as a member of GFOA's National Executive Board and as ex officio on GFOA's National Committee on Economic Development and Capital Planning;
and   Whereas, in addition to his employment with the City of Rock Hill, David served in the past as an adjunct professor of political science at Winthrop University, where he taught classes in American government, state and local government, public budgeting, and public administration.
Now, therefore,   Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
  That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor and commend David B.
Vehaun, city manager for the City of Rock Hill, for his fifteen years of outstanding service to that charming municipality in his present post and congratulate him on becoming Rock Hill's longest-serving city manager.
  Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to David B.
Vehaun.
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What does H 4938 do?
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND COMMEND DAVID B. VEHAUN, CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF ROCK HILL, FOR HIS FIFTEEN YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THAT CHARMING MUNICIPALITY IN HIS PRESENT POST AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BECOMING ROCK HILL'S LONGEST-SERVING CITY MANAGER.
Who sponsors H 4938?
H 4938 is sponsored by Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn D., Representative Heath Sessions, Representative Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon, Representative John Richard C. King, Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope, 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 Roger K. Kirby, Representative Kathy Landing, Representative M. Brian Lawson, 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 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 Greg Ford, 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, Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr., Representative Keishan M. Scott, Representative Dianne Mitchell, and Representative John T. Lastinger, Jr..
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This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 15, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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