South Carolina H 4435: Lynn Stokes-Murray-retirement

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2025-2026 Bill 4435 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 30, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4435

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A house 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 House of Representatives 
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 House of 
Representatives 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 House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 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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