South Carolina H 5189: Officer Steven Wayne Jordan memorial intersection

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2025-2026 Bill 5189 Text of Previous Version (May. 12, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5189

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Recalled

May 12, 2026

H. 5189

Introduced 
by Reps. Pope, Guffey, King, Ligon, Martin, Moss, Sessions and Terribile

S. Printed 5/12/26--S.

Read the first time March 10, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

To request the Department of Transportation name a 
portion of Charlotte Avenue in the City of Rock Hill in York County from the 
intersection of McDow Drive to its intersection with North Avenue "Officer 
Steven Wayne Jordan Memorial Street" and erect appropriate signs or markers at 
this location containing these words.

Whereas, Steven Wayne 
Jordan was born on February 15, 1953, to William and Bernice Jordan, the only 
son of a family that also included two sisters. He tragically lost his life on December 
31, 1975, in the line of duty as an officer with the Rock Hill Police 
Department; and

Whereas, Jordan married 
Sue Walker and together they were the parents of a daughter, Shannon Lynn. He 
joined the Rock Hill Police Department's Community Service Officer Program for 
those interested in law enforcement but not yet 21 years old. He attended the 
Criminal Justice Academy in Basic Class #46, graduating on September 28, 1973. 
He was sworn in as a police officer with the department in February 1974 and was 
assigned to D-shift; and

Whereas, in the early 
morning of December 31, 1975, Officer Jordan was on patrol when he radioed Sergeant 
R.E. Holder that he was stopping a blue Rambler station wagon on Deas Street. 
The driver of the Rambler was released and Officer Jordan continued his patrol. 
At 2 a.m. Jordan failed to respond to Sgt. Holder's hourly radio check. Shortly 
thereafter, a call came into the police department of an abandoned patrol car 
on Charlotte Avenue near Glendale with the motor running. It was Officer 
Jordan's patrol car and responding officers also found Jordan's service 
revolver near the curb and his pen in the street. Officer Jordan however was 
missing; and

Whereas, a bulletin was 
issued for the missing officer to the surrounding jurisdictions. Rock Hill 
Police Officers Steve Coleman and Roy Russell stopped the blue Rambler driven 
by Richard Edward Workman around 3:30 a.m. that morning on West Main Street. 
The back seat was saturated in blood and a vehicle search found additional 
evidence linking the driver to Jordan's disappearance, including the officer's notebook 
and shift card; and

Whereas, Workman was 
arrested, confessed to the murder of Officer Jordan, and ultimately led 
officers to the location of Jordan's body. The 22 year-old officer had been 
shot fourteen times. Workman received the death penalty which was later 
overturned, and he was resentenced to life in prison. Rock Hill Police Officer 
Steven Wayne Jordan was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement 
Officers Hall of Fame in 1986, never to be forgotten; and 

Whereas, it is only 
fitting and proper that Police Officer Steven Wayne Jordan, a native son of the 
Palmetto State who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, is honored 
with a street named in his memory in the City of Rock Hill. 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, request the Department of 
Transportation name a portion of Charlotte Avenue in the City of Rock Hill in 
York County, from the intersection of McDow Drive to its intersection with 
North Avenue, "Officer Steven Wayne Jordan Memorial Street" and erect 
appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

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

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