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H. 4866
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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Chumley, Burns, Magnuson, Long, Kirby, Henegan, Rivers, W. Newton, Cobb-Hunter, Govan, Pendarvis, Forrest, Jones, Trantham, Oremus, Ligon, Haddon, Allison, Nutt, B. Cox, S. Williams, Atkinson, M.M. Smith, McGinnis, Bryant, Gilliam, Henderson-Myers, Ballentine, Herbkersman, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, D.C. Moss, Sandifer, Thayer, Wooten, Whitmire and Garvin
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Introduced in the House on January 26, 2022
Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2022
Last Amended on March 9, 2022
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Summary: Public School-Based Canneries Pilot Program
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/26/2022 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 32)
1/26/2022 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 32)
2/17/2022 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Garvin
3/3/2022 House Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs
(House Journal-page 21)
3/4/2022 Scrivener's error corrected
3/8/2022 House Amended (House Journal-page 12)
3/8/2022 House Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-9-22
(House Journal-page 12)
3/9/2022 House Amended (House Journal-page 45)
3/9/2022 House Read second time (House Journal-page 45)
3/9/2022 House Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 47)
3/9/2022 Scrivener's error corrected
3/10/2022 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 7)
3/10/2022 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
3/10/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources (Senate Journal-page 6)
3/10/2022 Scrivener's error corrected
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
1/26/2022
3/3/2022
3/4/2022
3/8/2022
3/9/2022
3/9/2022-A
3/10/2022
AMENDED
March 9, 2022
H. 4866
Introduced by Reps. Chumley, Burns, Magnuson, Long, Kirby, Henegan, Rivers, W. Newton, Cobb-Hunter, Govan, Pendarvis, Forrest, Jones, Trantham, Oremus, Ligon, Haddon, Allison, Nutt, B. Cox, S. Williams, Atkinson, M.M. Smith, McGinnis, Bryant, Gilliam, Henderson-Myers, Ballentine, Herbkersman, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, D.C. Moss, Sandifer, Thayer, Wooten, Whitmire and Garvin
S. Printed 3/9/22--H. [SEC 3/10/22 3:03 PM]
Read the first time January 26, 2022.
TO PROVIDE A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHING RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNITY CANNERIES WHERE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY BRING LOCALLY-GROWN PRODUCE TO BE CANNED FOR THEIR PERSONAL USE, TO PROVIDE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CLEMSON EXTENSION AGENCY.
Amend Title To Conform
Whereas, public school-based community canneries developed in the Southeastern United States and South Carolina in the 1920s, and experienced increased popularity in the Depression and World War II when "victory gardens" became a commonplace means for families to provide fruits and vegetables for their personal use in times of limited resources; and
Whereas, while such community canneries continue to thrive in Georgia and other states, they ceased to function in South Carolina, depriving communities of an efficient means to provide healthful food for their personal use; and
Whereas, the Food Systems and Safety Program of the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service offers robust food preservation programs to the public, including the "Carolina Canning" program to help promote an understanding of canning as a means for preserving foods; and
Whereas, an initiative that would not only provide community instruction in food preservation using canning methods promoted by the Carolina Canning program but also the facilities and supplies needed to preserve locally grown food for personal use would further the desirable goal of helping South Carolinians provide and maintain supplies of nutritious food and enjoy the rewards of the fruits of their labors long after growing seasons end. Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Food Systems and Safety Program of the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service (Clemson Extension Service), shall plan, develop, institute, and oversee a pilot program of three public school-based community canning sites where members of the general public may bring locally-grown produce to be canned for their personal use. The purpose of this program is to enable families to safely preserve and store food grown by them for personal consumption through the use of:
(1) research-based information, procedures, and instruction concerning canning food; and
(2) industrial grade equipment and related supplies that allow faster processing of fruits and vegetables on a larger scale than can be done at home.
(B) The State Board of Education and Clemson Extension Service shall cause the public school-based community canneries to be pilot tested in three selected school districts from 2023 through 2026, and shall provide community training programs for food preservation using canning. Use of the canning facilities and canning supplies must be provided to the community with limits on the amount available for each family as determined appropriate by the State Board of Education and Clemson Extension Service. Community members wishing to use the facilities must be required to sign an agreement stating that they will not sell any of the food that they can at the cannery. Each cannery must maintain schedules of times at which the canning facilities are available to the public and also shall maintain records related to the use of the facilities as the State Board of Education and the Clemson Extension Service considers appropriate.
(C) Before January 1, 2026, the State Board of Education and Clemson Extension Service shall report on the performance of each cannery and make recommendations regarding whether the program should be continued and expanded through the permanent enactment of legislation for that purpose.
SECTION 2. The provisions of this joint resolution only may be enforced when the General Assembly appropriates the necessary funding.
SECTION 3. This joint resolution takes effect upon the approval of the Governor.
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