Current Status Bill Number:4075 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970424 Primary Sponsor:Cobb-Hunter All Sponsors:Cobb-Hunter and Miller Drafted Document Number:dka\4498mm.97 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970507 Subject:Workers' Memorial Day; April 28, 1997; Resolutions
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19970507 Received from Senate Senate 19970506 Adopted, returned with concurrence Senate 19970430 Polled out of Committee: Favorable 10 SI Senate 19970424 Introduced, referred to Committee 10 SI House 19970424 Introduced, adopted, sent to SenateView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE
MAJORITY FAVORABLE
April 30, 1997
H. 4075
S. Printed 4/30/97--S.
Read the first time April 24, 1997.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4075), to honor the working men and women of South Carolina, etc., respectfully
Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.
TO HONOR THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO DIED ON THE JOB BY DECLARING APRIL 28, 1997, "WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY".
Whereas, the working men and women of South Carolina have helped to build this State and keep the state's economy strong; and
Whereas, many workers die each year while performing their jobs or as the result of occupational diseases contracted or aggravated on the job, and thousands more are disabled or injured on the job; and
Whereas, in fiscal year 1996, thirty-two workers died in South Carolina while working, from causes as varied as electrocution, falls, and being struck by objects; and
Whereas, many of these workers died with little attention except for the families they left behind that loved and depended on them; and
Whereas, while the need for strong safety and health protections, strong standards of enforcement, and fair and just compensation for such deaths and injuries continues, these fallen workers, and others before them, must not be forgotten. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly honor the working men and women of South Carolina who died on the job by declaring April 28, 1997, as "Workers' Memorial Day".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Donna S. DeWitt, President of the South Carolina AFL-CIO.