South Carolina legislation · 126th General Assembly
South Carolina H5772: Linda Gadson sympathy
Status: Passed both chambers, August 11, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, August 11, 2026:
2025-2026 Bill 5772 Text of Previous Version (Aug. 11, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Bill 5772 Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter (Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) A house RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF Missionary Linda Dingle Gadson OF charleston COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HER LOVING FAMILY AND Her MANY FRIENDS. W hereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Missionary Linda Dingle Gadson on June 29, 2026; and W hereas, born and reared in Hollywood on Yonges Island, she was the daughter of the late Julius Thomas Dingle and the late Annabelle Pinckney Dingle and was reared by her maternal grandmother, the late Emily Judge Simmons. She received her early education in the Charleston County public schools, and upon entering high school, she was thrust into pioneering work of desegregation and graduated from the predominantly white Saint Paul's Parish High School. In 1972, an Eleanor Roosevelt Scholar, she was the first Black woman to earn a bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston; and W hereas, with plans to enter law school in …
Sponsors
- Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D, 109) · primary sponsor
- Terry Alexander (D, 59)
- Carl Anderson (D, 103)
- Frank Atkinson (R, 57)
- William Bailey (R, 104)
- Nathan Ballentine (R, 71)
- Justin Bamberg (D, 90)
- Bruce Bannister (R, 24)
- Heather Bauer (D, 75)
- Thomas Beach (R, 10)
- Beth Bernstein (D, 78)
- Phillip Bowers (R, 3)
Latest actions
- : Introduced and adopted
Common questions
- What is H5772?
- H5772 is a bill in the South Carolina Legislature (126th General Assembly): Linda Gadson sympathy.
- What is the status of H5772?
- Passed both chambers as of August 11, 2026. Latest action: Introduced and adopted (August 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5772?
- Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D, 109), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H5772?
- On the South Carolina Legislature website: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/5772.htm
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