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Rep. Bill Herbkersman
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ABOUT BILL HERBKERSMAN

Bill Herbkersman has been representing SC District 118 since 2002. For the last 35 years, he has lived and raised his children in Bluffton. Bill attended the University of South Carolina and the Jefferson Institute. He is a member of numerous organizations both local and national.

Bill is an independent business owner and developer, best known for his development of the Calhoun Street Promenade, which employs over 300 local residents and supports dozens of businesses. Outside of his work as a legislator and a business man, Bill has flown relief missions to support the destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian. He flew countless relief missions containing much needed supplies and relief equipment. Bill was honored for his efforts by the Beaufort County Republican Party. 


Currently, Bill is focused on work force housing in our community. He is also a big proponent for Technical College of the Lowcountry and University of South Carolina Beaufort. He is working for our elderly, and their families, in championing programs for nursing homes and in-home care with a focus on mental health, especially dementia and Alzheimer's patients.


As a committed public servant and a leader in the SC House, Bill currently serves on the Ways and Means Committee and chairs a subcommittee focused on healthcare.  He is also a member of the committee that enhanced teacher's salaries statewide. Bill is a recipient of the Green Tie Award for his work in conserving the Lowcountry way of life with green spaces and clean water ways.

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(843) 757-5654

billherbkersman@gmail.com


Office:

1 Promenade St,

Bluffton, SC 29910

Official Legislative Page

Education:

University of South Carolina

Jefferson Institute  


Committees:

Ways and Means

Chairman, Ways and Means Proviso Subcommittee

Chairman, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Healthcare

Chairman, Caucus Communications

Ways and Means Subcommittee on Revenue

House Rules Committee

Majority Caucus Finance Committee

Chief Majority Whip


Endorsements + Honors:

Conservation Voters of SC, NRA, SC Citizens for Life, SC Education Association, SC Association of Realtors, Beaufort-Jasper County Realtors, Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors, Hilton Head Area Home Builders, Green Tie Award, 2020 Greater Bluffton Republican of the Year, Beaufort County Republican Party – Humanitarian Resolution


Accomplishments:

Fair share infrastructure dollars

US Military Veterans – Nursing Degree

USCB – Nursing Program

TLC – Culinary Arts Program

USCB – $55,728,914 in state funding

TCL – $73,680,251 in state funding

Education

Enhanced Teacher Salaries

Workforce Housing

Small Business Support

Veteran + SC Military Support

Mental Health 

Affordable senior programs & healthcare

Dementia Coordinator for SC

Physicians Assistants

Conservation

Rainy Day Fund

Hate Crimes Act

DNA test labs (one of few in the state)

COVD19


Community Involvement:

St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, Beaufort County Republican Party, Knights of Columbus, NRA, Friends of the Library, Bluffton Rotary, Forbeck Cancer Foundation, Bluffton Veterans War Memorial, Southern Beaufort County Community Association, Friends of the River, Paul Harris Fellow, SC Military Base Task Force, Waddell Mariculture Center, Ancient Order of Hibernian, Alzheimer Association, May River Preservation, Government Council on Global Warming, Airplane Owners + Pilots Association

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Thank you from Rep. Bill Herbkersman

Rep Bill Herbkersman, Republican in the SC State House from Beaufort County, District 118
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