S*0839 (Rat #0223, Act #0216 of 2014) General Bill, By Bryant, Bright and Davis
Summary: Industrial Hemp
    AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 55 TO TITLE 46 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO GROW INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN THIS STATE, THAT INDUSTRIAL HEMP IS EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF MARIJUANA, TO PROHIBIT THE GROWING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND MARIJUANA ON THE SAME PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE GROWING MARIJUANA IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP TO DISGUISE THE MARIJUANA GROWTH, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - ratified title
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12/10/13	Senate	Prefiled
12/10/13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
01/14/14	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 41)
01/14/14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 41)
02/27/14	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 9)
02/28/14		Scrivener's error corrected
03/05/14	Senate	Amended (Senate Journal-page 40)
03/06/14	Senate	Amended (Senate Journal-page 28)
03/12/14	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 25)
03/12/14	Senate	Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 25)
03/13/14	Senate	Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 12)
03/18/14	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 7)
03/18/14	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 7)
03/27/14	House	Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 3)
04/02/14	House	Requests for debate-Rep(s). Bedingfield, Sandifer, Whitmire, Daning, Rivers, Southard, Riley, Forrester, Allison, Wood, Chumley, Brannon, Hiott, Wells, Hardwick, JR Smith, Hixon, Ryhal, Nanney, GR Smith, HA Crawford, GA Brown, Anderson, George (House Journal-page 192)
04/10/14	House	Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-6-14 (House Journal-page 145)
05/13/14	House	Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-14-14 (House Journal-page 17)
05/14/14	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 44)
05/14/14	House	Roll call Yeas-72 Nays-28 (House Journal-page 44)
05/20/14	House	Read third time and enrolled
05/29/14		Ratified R 223
06/02/14		Signed By Governor
06/11/14		Effective date 06/02/14
06/12/14		Act No. 216