South Carolina H 4564: Impeachment, Fifth Circuit Solicitor

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2025-2026 Bill 4564 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4564

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A house RESOLUTION

TO DIRECT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES TO UNDERTAKE AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT UNDER 
SECTION 1, ARTICLE XV, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, THE fifth circuit 
solicitor, byron gipson, SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE 
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BREACH OF THE PUBLIC 
TRUST AND, IF BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT GROUNDS ARE FOUND, TO 
REPORT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the Judiciary 
Committee of the House of Representatives is directed to undertake an immediate 
inquiry as to whether or not under Section 1, Article XV, of the Constitution 
of this State, the Fifth Circuit Solicitor, Byron Gipson, should be impeached 
for serious misconduct in office including, but not limited to, dereliction of 
duty and breach of the public trust by engaging in the disposition of an 
inmate's sentence, doing so without properly notifying the crime victim's 
family members, having the inmate's sentence reduced by sixteen years or more 
in an order kept from public inspection, and mishandling this and other 
criminal dispositions. If by clear and convincing evidence sufficient grounds 
are found, the Judiciary Committee shall report articles of impeachment to the 
floor of the House of Representatives.

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