South Carolina S 1040: Theodore A. Mattison

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2025-2026 Bill 1040 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 24, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1040

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Recalled

March 24, 2026

S. 1040

Introduced 
by Senators Jackson and Devine 

S. Printed 3/24/26--S.

Read the first time March 19, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

To request the Department of Transportation 
name the portion of Interstate 77 from United States Highway 1 to Interstate 
Highway 20 in Richland County "President Barack H. Obama Highway" and erect 
appropriate signs or markers along this portion of highway containing these 
words.

Whereas, former 
President Barack H. Obama made history on November 4, 2008, when he won 52.9 
percent of the popular vote to become the first person of African American 
descent elected as president of the United States; and

Whereas, the 
former senator from the State of Illinois took the oath of office on January 
20, 2009, becoming the nation's 44th president, inheriting a global economic 
recession, two ongoing foreign wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the 
lowest-ever international favorability rating for the United States; and

Whereas, under 
President Obama's leadership, Congress passed the America Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act to spur economic growth, rescuing America from the Great 
Recession and cutting the unemployment rate by more than half during his 
administration. Housing and credit markets were put on life support, with a 
market-based plan to buy U.S. banks' toxic assets. The government made loans to 
the auto industry, and he signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act to avert another financial crisis; and

Whereas, 
President Obama kept his promise to provide reasonably priced healthcare for 
Americans by signing the Affordable Care Act, that prohibited the denial of 
coverage based on preexisting conditions, and allowed children under age 26 
years old to be insured under parental plans; and

Whereas, the war 
in Iraq was ended, the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan started, and the landmark 
Iran Nuclear Deal all are benchmarks of the Obama Administration. He also 
signed into law the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, making it a federal crime to 
assault a person based on sexual or gender identification, and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to combat pay discrimination against women; and

Whereas, in 
recognition of his administration's early work, "for his extraordinary efforts 
to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the 
Nobel Committee in Norway awarded President Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize; 
and

Whereas, as he 
did in 2008, during his campaign for a second presidential term, President 
Obama focused on grassroots initiatives, winning the November 6, 2012, general 
election by capturing more than sixty percent of the Electoral College. In his 
second inaugural address, Obama called the nation to action on such issues as 
climate change, healthcare, the federal deficit, and marriage equality; and

Whereas, Barack 
H. Obama found strength for the accomplishments of his duties in the strong 
support of his family, former first lady Michelle Obama, and his daughters, 
Malia and Sasha; and

Whereas, the 
members of the South Carolina General Assembly feel it is fitting and proper to 
honor former President Barack H. Obama for the grace and dignity he brought to 
the White House, for his strong leadership on the domestic front, and his 
willingness to support and maintain strong ties with America's allies on the 
international front. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by 
the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members 
of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the 
Department of Transportation name the portion of Interstate 77 from United 
States Highway 1 to Interstate Highway 20 in Richland County "President Barack 
H. Obama Highway" and erect appropriate signs or markers along this portion of 
highway containing these words.

Be it further 
resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of 
Transportation.

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