Senate honors nine people killed in a church shooting ten years ago
S.Res. 282 — A resolution commemorating June 17, 2025, as the tenth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting. · Filed by Tim Scott (R-SC) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 17, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The Senate passed a statement to mark ten years since a shooting. On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist killed nine African-American church members. The shooting happened at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The statement names each victim and tells about their lives. It notes that the shooter was found guilty and given a sentence. It also honors the church for its message of peace.
Who it affects
This statement honors the nine victims and their relatives. It also marks the event for the public and the church.
One thing to notice
The statement names all nine victims and describes their lives. It shows what happened and what the courts did.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Jun 17, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 17, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- statement — An official words passed by Congress to honor something or take a stand.
- white supremacist — A person who believes white people are better than other races.
- guilty — Found by a court to have done a crime.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 6, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-21.
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