South Carolina S 663: A SENATE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE UPON THE TRAGIC PASSING OF JASON GREGORY HARRIS AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

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2025-2026 Bill 663 Text of Previous Version (May. 07, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 663

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A senate RESOLUTION

to recognize and honor Lynn Stokes-Murray, 
government relations director with Burr and Forman, LLC, upon the occasion of 
her retirement after almost forty years of exemplary service, and to wish her continued 
success and happiness in all her future endeavors.

Whereas, it is altogether 
fitting and proper that the members of the Senate of the State of South 
Carolina should pause in their deliberations to express their gratitude to Lynn 
Stokes Murray for her significant contributions to lobbying in the General Assembly; 
and

Whereas, Ms. Stokes-Murray 
earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia College and began a career to impact 
policy for significant change, and she has enjoyed working with clients to 
advocate for meaningful legislation and collaborating with them to amend legislative 
policies in profound ways; and

Whereas, she has consulted 
with a wide variety of clients in the South Carolina State House, local 
governments, and corporate institutions for more than thirty-five years. Her 
intellectual influence has resulted in a wide array of victories: successfully 
lobbying to increase Beaufort County's appropriation of EFA dollars after the 
county had received none for five years, lobbying and passing the South 
Carolina Fairness in Civil Justice Act which established caps for punitive 
damages in civil lawsuits, increasing the budget for the state's adjutant 
general, and legislation to exempt taxation of pay to military retirees; and

Whereas, Ms. Stokes-Murray 
worked for over four years on legislation that resulted in mandated seat belts 
for front-seat riders in a vehicle. She serves a range of projects and clients: 
a state resource for advocacy and education for not-for-profit senior care 
providers and a multinational technology corporation that produces computer 
software, consumer electronics, and personal computers; and

Whereas, focused on South 
Carolinians and their best interests, she worked to secure legislation for 
economic development incentives for a regional bank seeking to increase its 
presence in the State significantly with the expansion of its corporate headquarters 
and successfully to defeat legislation that would have restricted counties and 
their ability to manage waste and recycle in their jurisdictions; and

Whereas, dedicated to 
positively changing her community, she currently serves as one of the education 
directors at Palmetto Girls State and is a member of the Columbia College Board 
of Visitors. She has provided leadership to the boards of The Advocacy Group, 
Nickelodeon Theatre, Trustus Theatre, Boy Scouts of America Steering Committee, 
the Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands, 100 Women Who Care 
in the Midlands, and she served as an ambassador of the South Carolina State 
Ports Authority. Her volunteerism was honored with the Medallion Award from 
Columbia College in 2014, and she was inducted into the Women of Distinction by 
the Girl Scouts of South Carolina; and

Whereas, grateful for her 
many years of distinguished service, the South Carolina Senate takes great 
pleasure in extending best wishes to Lynn Stokes-Murray as she transitions to a 
richly deserved retirement and the unhurried pace of the days ahead, and the 
members wish her many years of enjoyment in her well-earned retirement. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognize and honor 
Lynn Stokes-Murray, government relations director with Burr and Forman, LLC, 
upon the occasion of her retirement after almost forty years of exemplary 
service, and wish her continued success and happiness in all her future 
endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Lynn Stokes-Murray.

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