South Carolina legislation · 126th General Assembly
South Carolina S1129: Donate Life Month
Status: Passed both chambers, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, April 16, 2026:
2025-2026 Bill 1129 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 16, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Bill 1129 Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter (Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) A senate RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE april 2026 AS "donate life MONTH" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. W hereas, one of the most meaningful gifts that a human being can bestow upon another is the gift of life through organ, eye, and tissue donation; and W hereas, more than one hundred thousand children and adults await life-saving transplants, of which more than fifteen hundred live in South Carolina; and W hereas, in 2024, over three hundred South Carolinians said "yes" to organ donation, thereby saving the lives of nearly seven hundred people awaiting a second chance at life; and W hereas, in 2024, over four hundred South Carolinians said "yes" to tissue donation. Their donations will help to heal thousands of Americans, including giving the precious gift of sight to over one thousand people; and W hereas, every nine minutes, a new name is added to the national transplant waiting list. An average of seventeen people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant; and W hereas, according to research conducted by Donate Life America, more than ninety …
Sponsors
- Margie Matthews (D, 45) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Introduced and adopted
Common questions
- What is S1129?
- S1129 is a bill in the South Carolina Legislature (126th General Assembly): Donate Life Month.
- What is the status of S1129?
- Passed both chambers as of April 16, 2026. Latest action: Introduced and adopted (April 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1129?
- Margie Matthews (D, 45).
- Where is the official record for S1129?
- On the South Carolina Legislature website: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/1129.htm
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