# South Carolina H 5229: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE BELIEF OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT NASCAR RACING IS AN INTEGRAL AND VITAL PART OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS ECONOMY AND TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE DARLINGTON RACEWAY ON CONTINUING TO HOST TWO NASCAR RACE WEEKENDS THAT GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS ONE OF OUR STATE'S MOST TREASURED ATTRACTIONS AND TO NAME THE WEEKS AROUND BOTH RACES, MARCH 15-22, 2026, AND THE TRADITIONAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2026, AS "DARLINGTON RACEWAY WEEK," TWO WEEKS TOO TOUGH TO TAME. South Carolina H 5229, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE BELIEF OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT NASCAR RACING IS AN INTEGRAL AND VITAL PART OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS ECONOMY AND TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE DARLINGTON RACEWAY ON CONTINUING TO HOST TWO NASCAR RACE WEEKENDS THAT GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS ONE OF OUR STATE'S MOST TREASURED ATTRACTIONS AND TO NAME THE WEEKS AROUND BOTH RACES, MARCH 15-22, 2026, AND THE TRADITIONAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2026, AS "DARLINGTON RACEWAY WEEK," TWO WEEKS TOO TOUGH TO TAME., is a 126th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Cody T. Mitchell (Republican); status adopted, last action 2026-03-12 (Adopted, returned to House with concurrence) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-H5229-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: South Carolina H 5229 - State: South Carolina - Session: 126th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE BELIEF OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT NASCAR RACING IS AN INTEGRAL AND VITAL PART OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS ECONOMY AND TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE DARLINGTON RACEWAY ON CONTINUING TO HOST TWO NASCAR RACE WEEKENDS THAT GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS ONE OF OUR STATE'S MOST TREASURED ATTRACTIONS AND TO NAME THE WEEKS AROUND BOTH RACES, MARCH 15-22, 2026, AND THE TRADITIONAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND, AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2026, AS "DARLINGTON RACEWAY WEEK," TWO WEEKS TOO TOUGH TO TAME. - Status: adopted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-24 - Last action: 2026-03-12, Adopted, returned to House with concurrence - Sponsor: Cody T. Mitchell (Republican) - Cosponsors: 123 - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Throwback Weekend of NASCAR ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Cody T. Mitchell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Terry Alexander (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Carl L. Anderson (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Lucas Atkinson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brandon Newton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William H. Bailey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Nathan Ballentine (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Justin T. Bamberg (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Bruce W. Bannister (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Heather Bauer (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Thomas Beach (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Beth E. Bernstein (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Phillip Bowers (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Bradley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Gary S. Brewer, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: T. Case Brittain, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: James Mikell "Mike" Burns (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joseph M. "Joe" Bustos (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paula Rawl Calhoon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Donald G. "Don" Chapman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William M. "Bill" Chumley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William "Bill" Clyburn (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Neal A. Collins (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brandon L. Cox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Heather Ammons Crawford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: April Cromer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dianne Mitchell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sylleste H. Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chandra E. Dillard (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Adam L. Duncan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sarita L. Edgerton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shannon S. Erickson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Ford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cally R. "Cal" Forrest, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stephen D. Frank (Republican), House - Cosponsor: G. Murrell Smith, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Craig A. Gagnon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kambrell H. Garvin (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Gil Gatch (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Gibson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Wendell G. Gilliard (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Thomas Lee Gilreath (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jerry N. Govan, Jr. (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Hamilton R. Grant (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Thomas Duval "Val" Guest, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brandon Guffey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrick B. Haddon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William "Bill" Hager (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Hardee (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Robert J. "Rob" Harris (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Christopher R. "Chris" Hart (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Charles V. Hartz (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jackie E. "Coach" Hayes (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers, Ph.D. (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: William G. "Bill" Herbkersman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lee Hewitt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David R. Hiott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William M. "Bill" Hixon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Harriet A. Holman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lonnie Hosey (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Leon Howard (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: William C. "Chris" Huff (Republican), House - Cosponsor: JA Moore (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jeffrey E. "Jeff" Johnson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jermaine L. Johnson, Sr. (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Wendell K. Jones (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Wallace H. "Jay" Jordan, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Richard C. King (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Roger K. Kirby (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Kathy Landing (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John T. Lastinger, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: M. Brian Lawson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steven Wayne Long (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Phillip D. Lowe (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jason Luck (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Marvin "Mark" Smith (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Josiah Magnuson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Martin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Donald Ryan McCabe, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John R. McCravy III (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Annie E. McDaniel (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Timothy A. "Tim" McGinnis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: W. Scott Montgomery IV (Republican), House - Cosponsor: T. Alan Morgan, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dennis C. Moss (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike M. Neese (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Melissa Lackey Oremus (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jordan S. Pace (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Fawn M. Pedalino (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Luke S. Rankin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Robert T. Reese (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Michael F. Rivers, Sr. (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Robby Robbins (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Seth Rose (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: J. Todd Rutherford (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Richard Blake Sanders (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carla M. Schuessler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Keishan M. Scott (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Heath Sessions (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Travis A. Moore (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bill Taylor (Republican), House - Cosponsor: James E. Teeple (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jackie R. Terribile (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Vaughan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Wm. Weston J. Newton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Courtney S. Waters (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: J. David Weeks (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Joseph S. "Joe" White (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William R. "Bill" Whitmire (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paul B. Wickensimer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Robert Q. Williams (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Mark N. Willis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Wooten (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Richard L. "Richie" Yow (Republican), House ## Actions (5) - 2026-03-12: Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate (House) ## Bill text - Introduced: [HTML](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/5229.htm) ## Related bills - S 0623: AN ACT TO EXEMPT GEORGETOWN COUNTY FROM CERTAIN BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO INSTEAD ENFORCE AE STANDARDS IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY'S FLOOD DAMA… (became law) - S 0586: AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 172 OF 1995, RELATING TO THE KERSHAW COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE KERSHAW COUNTY TRANSPORTATIO… (signed) - H 5653: AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE METHOD BY WHICH PERSONS FILE TO BECOME A CANDI… (signed) - S 1062: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO DETERMINATION OF RATES OF TUITION AND FEES, DESIGNATED AS RE… (signed) - S 0779: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO PROVID… (signed) - H 5261: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ALCOHOL SERVER TRAINING AS PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER 3, TITLE 61 TO MAY 1, 2026. (signed) ## Sources - [Introduced (HTML)](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/5229.htm) ## Related - [S 0623: AN ACT TO EXEMPT GEORGETOWN COUNTY FROM CERTAIN BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND TO AL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-S0623-2025-2026) - [S 0586: AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 172 OF 1995, RELATING TO THE KERSHAW COUNTY TRANSPORTATION…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-S0586-2025-2026) - [H 5653: AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD O…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-H5653-2025-2026) - [S 1062: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDU…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-S1062-2025-2026) - [S 0779: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-S0779-2025-2026) - [H 5261: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ALCOHOL SERVER TRAINING…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-H5261-2025-2026) - [South Carolina bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/south-carolina/bills) - [South Carolina state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/south-carolina) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/SC-H5229-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).