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H. 5138
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Lowe
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1357cm18.docx
Introduced in the House on March 20, 2018
Introduced in the Senate on March 21, 2018
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 18, 2018
Summary: End Distracted Driving Month
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/20/2018 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 70)
3/21/2018 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 8)
3/21/2018 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 8)
4/17/2018 Senate Polled out of committee Transportation
4/17/2018 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 8)
4/18/2018 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence
(Senate Journal-page 35)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE
MAJORITY FAVORABLE
April 17, 2018
H. 5138
S. Printed 4/17/18--S.
Read the first time March 21, 2018.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 5138) to recognize the Casey Feldman Foundation and the South Carolina Association for Justice for their outstanding work in helping prevent distracted driving and to designate April 2018 as "End Distracted Driving", etc., respectfully
Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.
TO RECOGNIZE THE CASEY FELDMAN FOUNDATION AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK IN HELPING PREVENT DISTRACTED DRIVING AND TO DESIGNATE APRIL 2018 AS "END DISTRACTED DRIVING" AWARENESS MONTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, the End Distracted Driving (EndDD) Student Awareness Initiative was started by Joel Feldman, founder of the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation, to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and emphasize the importance of focusing full attention on driving safely; and
Whereas, Joel Feldman has dedicated himself to this cause to honor the memory of his late daughter, Casey Feldman, a twenty-one-year-old award-winning student journalist, who was a senior at Fordham University in New York City when she was killed by a distracted motorist on July 17, 2009; and
Whereas, distracted driving kills more than five thousand people and injures nearly four hundred fifty thousand more each year, yet it received little public attention until EndDD actively targeted audiences with its Student Awareness Initiative, geared to educate and inform drivers about the safety crisis related to distracted driving, its costs, implications, and often fatal consequences; and
Whereas, the South Carolina Association for Justice's attorney members are joining more than eight hundred fifty attorneys, judges, and safety advocates from the United States and Canada in pledging to give safety presentations on distracted driving to local high schools, community groups, and civic organizations, with the goal of reaching more than one hundred thousand drivers and potential drivers each year and with the support of 60 for Safety, a group of attorneys committed to increasing safety awareness to prevent injuries or fatalities; and
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly commends the commitment and accomplishments of the EndDD awareness and educational campaigns initiated by Joel Feldman and his wife, Diane Anderson, as well as the efforts of the South Carolina Association for Justice, to bring this campaign to our local schools and communities as we strive to make our roads safer for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize the Casey Feldman Foundation and the South Carolina Association for Justice for their outstanding work in helping prevent distracted driving and designate April 2018 as "End Distracted Driving" Awareness Month in South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Casey Feldman Foundation and the South Carolina Association for Justice.
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