South Carolina H 4563: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE JAMES F. BYRNES HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR THEIR STELLAR SEASON AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON CAPTURING THE 2017 CLASS AAAAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

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2025-2026 Bill 4563 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4563

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A house RESOLUTION

TO AMEND RULE 4.2 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, SO AS 
TO REQUIRE STANDING COMMITTEES TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY 
POLITICAL PARTY IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH SUCH 
POLITICAL PARTY AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE ENSURING THAT THE MAJORITY POLITICAL 
PARTY CONTAINS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP WITHIN EACH STANDING COMMITTEE.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the first 
paragraph of Rule 4.2 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
to read: 

 4.2 As 
soon as practicable after the members have been sworn in and have taken their 
seats, the following Standing Committees, except the House of Representatives 
Legislative Ethics Committee, and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Operations and Management, shall be appointed with the indicated number of 
members appointed thereto:below. 
The total membership of each of these Standing Committees shall be composed of 
members of the majority and minority political parties in proportion to the 
number of Representatives of each such political party as nearly as possible 
and ensuring that the majority party contains a majority of the membership 
within each Standing Committee. For purposes of determining committee 
composition, percentages shall be rounded as follows: percentages of .49 or 
below shall be rounded down and percentages of .50 and above shall be rounded 
up. The Speaker shall make adjustments to committee membership upon adoption of 
this rule and during each organizational session thereafter.

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