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Introduced
01/14/2025
01/14/2025
In Committee
02/05/2025
02/05/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
02/18/2025
02/18/2025
Introduced Session
126th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Request The Department Of Transportation Name The Portion Of Main Street In The Town Of Easley In Pickens County From Wilbur Street To North Pendleton Street "officer Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue" And Erect Appropriate Signs Or Markers Along This Portion Of Highway Containing These Words.
AI Summary
This resolution honors Officer Matthew Logan Hare, a young law enforcement officer from Easley, South Carolina, who tragically died on August 2, 2023, at age 22 while attempting to save a woman threatening to harm herself on railroad tracks. A 2019 Easley High School graduate and 2022 graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, Hare was an Easley Police Department officer who was posthumously inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Hall of Fame in 2024 for his bravery. The resolution requests the South Carolina Department of Transportation to rename a specific portion of Main Street in Easley (from Wilbur Street to North Pendleton Street) as "Officer Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue" and to erect appropriate commemorative signs along this highway segment, thereby memorializing his heroic service and sacrifice in the line of duty.
Committee Categories
Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (on 02/18/2025)
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