South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024
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S. 1150
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Climer, Verdin, Kimbrell, Martin, Fanning and M. Johnson
Document Path: SR-0602KM24.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 12, 2024
Introduced in the House on April 9, 2024
Last Amended on April 2, 2024
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 3/12/2024 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5) |
| 3/12/2024 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 5) |
| 3/27/2024 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 17) |
| 3/28/2024 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 4/2/2024 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 47) |
| 4/2/2024 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 47) |
| 4/2/2024 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 47) |
| 4/3/2024 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 4/3/2024 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 4/9/2024 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 23) |
| 4/9/2024 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 23) |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/12/2024
03/27/2024
03/28/2024
04/02/2024
04/03/2024
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Committee Amendment Adopted
April 02, 2024
S. 1150
Introduced by Senators Climer, Verdin, Kimbrell, M. Johnson and Martin
S. Printed 04/02/24--S. [SEC 4/3/2024 12:42 PM]
Read the first time March 12, 2024
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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 46-57-65 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO LABEL ANY CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCT AS BEEF, POULTRY, FISH, OR ANY OTHER MEAT THAT THE CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCT MAY RESEMBLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF MANUFACTURING, SELLING, OR HOLDING OR OFFERING FOR SALE IN THIS STATE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 47-17-510 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
Section 47-17-510. (A) A person who advertises, offers for sale, or sells all or part of a carcass shall not engage in any misleading or deceptive practices, labeling, or misrepresenting a product as "meat" or "clean meat" that is cell-cultured meat/protein, or is not derived from harvested production livestock, poultry, fish, or crustaceans.For the purposes of this section, "cell-cultivated food product" means any food product developed in a laboratory or facility and grown from a sample of living animal cells including, but not limited, to livestock, poultry, fish, or crustaceans.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to label any cell-cultivated food product as beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or any other animal protein that the cell-cultivated food product may resemble for the purposes of manufacturing, selling, or holding or offering for sale in this State.
(C) Any person who manufactures, sells, or holds or offers for sale any cell-cultivated food product in this State must place a notice on the cell-cultivated food's packaging that indicates that the cell-cultivated food product is not beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or any other animal protein that the cell-cultivated food product may resemble. The notice on the packaging shall be at a minimum twenty percent of the front of the packaging and must be prominently printed in a font size no smaller than sixteen. Further, the notice shall state: "This product contains protein that was developed in a lab and grown from a biopsy of animal cells. The protein in this product is not naturally grown beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or any other animal protein."
(D) Each package that violates a provision of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense.
(E) The Department of Agriculture may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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