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SC H3986

SC H3986
Sportfish Restoration Project, 75th anniversary


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Introduced
02/13/2025
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
02/13/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
02/13/2025

Introduced Session

126th General Assembly

Bill Summary

Commemorate The Seventy-fifth Anniversary Of The Sport Fish Restoration Program As Part Of The American System Of Conservation Funding.

AI Summary

This resolution commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Sport Fish Restoration Program, recognizing its critical role in conservation efforts in the United States. The resolution highlights how hunters and anglers were early conservation leaders who recognized the need to protect natural resources from unregulated harvesting and habitat destruction. It explains that the program, established in 1950 and expanded in 1984, is funded through manufacturer's excise taxes on fishing equipment and motorboat fuel, which are then distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to state agencies for fisheries conservation, management, and improving public access. The resolution emphasizes the program's success as a cooperative partnership between the sport fishing industry, anglers, boaters, federal agencies, and state natural resource agencies, noting that since 1939, the combined Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs have contributed over $78 billion to conservation efforts - the largest single conservation investment in American history. By passing this resolution, the South Carolina House of Representatives formally recognizes and celebrates the program's significant contributions to preserving and enhancing fish populations and aquatic ecosystems across the United States.

Sponsors (122)

Bobby Cox (R)* Terry Alexander (D),  Carl Anderson (D),  Lucas Atkinson (D),  William Bailey (R),  Nathan Ballentine (R),  Justin Bamberg (D),  Bruce Bannister (R),  Heather Bauer (D),  Thomas Beach (R),  Beth Bernstein (D),  Phillip Bowers (R),  Jeff Bradley (R),  Gary Brewer (R),  Case Brittain (R),  Mike Burns (R),  Joe Bustos (R),  Paula Calhoon (R),  Micah Caskey (R),  Don Chapman (R),  Bill Chumley (R),  Bill Clyburn (D),  Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D),  Neal Collins (R),  Brandon Cox (R),  Heather Crawford (R),  April Cromer (R),  Sylleste Davis (R),  Chandra Dillard (D),  Adam Duncan (R),  Sarita Edgerton (R),  Shannon Erickson (R),  Cal Forrest (R),  Stephen Frank (R),  Craig Gagnon (R),  Kambrell Garvin (D),  Gil Gatch (R),  Daniel Gibson (R),  Doug Gilliam (R),  Wendell Gilliard (D),  Thomas Lee Gilreath (R),  Jerry Govan (D),  Hamilton Grant (D),  Val Guest (R),  Brandon Guffey (R),  Patrick Haddon (R),  Bill Hager (R),  Kevin Hardee (R),  Robert Harris (R),  Chris Hart (D),  Tom Hartnett (R),  Charles Hartz (R),  Jackie Hayes (D),  Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D),  Bill Herbkersman (R),  Lee Hewitt (R),  Davey Hiott (R),  Bill Hixon (R),  Harriet Holman (R),  Lonnie Hosey (D),  Leon Howard (D),  William Huff (R),  Jeff Johnson (R),  Jermaine Johnson (D),  Wendell Jones (D),  Jay Jordan (R),  Jay Kilmartin (R),  John King (D),  Roger Kirby (D),  Kathy Landing (R),  Brian Lawson (R),  Randy Ligon (R),  Steven Long (R),  Phillip Lowe (R),  Jason Luck (D),  Josiah Magnuson (R),  David Martin (R),  R.J. May (R),  Ryan McCabe (R),  John McCravy (R),  Annie McDaniel (D),  Tim McGinnis (R),  Cody Mitchell (R),  Scott Montgomery (R),  J.A. Moore (D),  Travis Moore (R),  Timothy Morgan (R),  Dennis Moss (R),  Chris Murphy (R),  Mike Neese (R),  Brandon Newton (R),  Weston Newton (R),  Melissa Oremus (R),  Jordan Pace (R),  Fawn Pedalino (R),  Tommy Pope (R),  Luke Rankin (R),  Robert Reese (D),  Michael Rivers (D),  Robby Robbins (R),  Seth Rose (D),  Todd Rutherford (D),  Blake Sanders (R),  Carla Schuessler (R),  Heath Sessions (R),  Mark Smith (R),  Murrell Smith (R),  Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D),  Leon Stavrinakis (D),  Bill Taylor (R),  James Teeple (R),  Jackie Terribile (R),  David Vaughan (R),  David Weeks (D),  Spencer Wetmore (D),  Joe White (R),  Bill Whitmire (R),  Paul Wickensimer (R),  Robert Williams (D),  Mark Willis (R),  Chris Wooten (R),  Richie Yow (R), 

Last Action

Introduced and adopted (on 02/13/2025)

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