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

H 4345 — Sigma Pi Fraternity's (Omega Psi Phi) 50th anniversary

Last action — Introduced and adopted

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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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 April 10, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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

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

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Summary

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MEMBERS OF THE SIGMA PI CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AND TO WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

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The updated version of Bill H 4345 includes a new resolution congratulating the Sigma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity on its fiftieth anniversary. This addition highlights the chapter's history, founding members, and contributions to the community through service, scholarship, and education. Celebrating such milestones matters because it recognizes the positive impact local organizations have on their communities and fosters a spirit of appreciation and support for their ongoing efforts.

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10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4345Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
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Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A house RESOLUTION   TO CONGRATULATE MEMBERS OF THE SIGMA PI CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AND TO WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
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  Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to pause in its deliberations to congratulate the Sigma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on April 19, 2025, in Aiken County;
and   Whereas, officially chartered on April 19, 1975, the chapter's founding members included Nathaniel Dicks, Gene A.
Bell, John R.
Brightharp, Willie Stewart, William Clyburn, Theodore N.
Peoples, Clifton S.
Key, George L.
Blalock, Loran Simpkins, Genovesi Mitchell, and Willie F.
Wright;
and   Whereas, with renewed energy the fledgling chapter set out to expand its ranks and, in the fall of initiated an inaugural line of four new members.
The chapter continued to grow, committing itself to community service while living up to the fraternity's cardinal principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift;
and   Whereas, Sigma Pi Chapter has a service area that includes Aiken, Edgefield, Barnwell, Allendale, and southern Lexington counties.
Members focus on community service, scholarship programs, social action, voter registration, education, career development, food distribution, and is a Silver Life member of the NAACP.
The annual Mother2Son Gala, derived from the poem by poet Langston Hughes, is a male-mentoring program for young men ages five to eighteen.
Mothers attend breakout sessions that emphasize selfcare, and mental, physical, and spiritual upbringing;
and   Whereas, Titans of Omega Male Mentor Academy, Sigma Pi's other signature program, is for those in eighth through twelfth grades, who come from at-risk and non-at-risk environments, who can benefit from academic, social, and economic uplift, and who have a desire to be nurtured and developed intellectually and spiritually through persistent and deliberate instruction;
and   Whereas, Sigma Pi Chapter has awarded more than one hundred thousand dollars in scholarships for college-bound high school students;
eighteen thousand dollars have gone to HBCUs in-and out-of-state;
with other donations benefitting the Dr.
Benjamin E.
Mays Museum and Childhood Home Place, St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Ghana, Africa's "Bore Hole Well" construction project;
and   Whereas, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated is a historically African American organization founded on the campus of Howard University in 1911.
The fraternity focuses on a National Social Action Program in the areas of health, housing, civil rights, and education;
and   Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is honored to recognize the Sigma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated as its rich history and storied legacy continues to attract and build a strong and effective force of men dedicated to its cardinal principles.
Now, therefore,   Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
  That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate members of the Sigma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated on the occasion of their fiftieth anniversary, and wish them continued success in all of their future endeavors.
  Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Nathaniel Dicks, Basileus of Sigma Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated.
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What does H 4345 do?
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MEMBERS OF THE SIGMA PI CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AND TO WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
Who sponsors H 4345?
H 4345 is sponsored by Murphy, Chris, May, Robert J., III, Representative William "Bill" Clyburn, 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 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, 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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