H 4758 General Bill, By W. Newton, Bradley, Brewer, Chapman, Crawford, Davis, Duncan, Erickson, Forrest, Gilliam, Guest, Hartz, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Lawson, Ligon, Lowe, Martin, McGinnis, T. Moore, B. Newton, Oremus, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Robbins, Schuessler, G.M. Smith, Taylor, Teeple, Vaughan, Whitmire, Willis, Wooten and McCravy
Similar (H 3924, H 3935, H 4759)
Summary: Hemp beverage ban
    A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 46-55-5 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER IS TO ENCOURAGE THE LAWFUL CULTIVATION, HARVESTING, AND MANUFACTURING OF HEMP; BY AMENDING SECTION 46-55-10, RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION TERMS AND DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS, AND TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF EXISTING TERMS; AND BY ADDING SECTIONS 46-55-70, 46-55-80, AND 46-55-90 SO AS TO REGULATE THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF CONSUMABLE HEMP, TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT INTERSTATE COMMERCE, OR TO PROHIBIT THE LAWFUL POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN CBD PRODUCTS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.
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12/16/25	House	Prefiled
12/16/25	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/13/26	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 107)
01/13/26	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 107)
01/21/26	House	Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Yow, C. Mitchell
01/28/26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy
01/29/26	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 5)
02/03/26	House	Requests for debate-Rep(s). B Newton, Kirby, Hiott, Brittain, McCravy, Duncan, Martin, Pope, Ballentine, Magnuson, Caskey, Taylor, Oremus, MM Smith, Hewitt, Cobb-Hunter, Anderson, Berstein, Bauer, Jones, Gilliam (House Journal-page 15)
02/03/26		Scrivener's error corrected
02/04/26	House	Debate interrupted by adjournment (House Journal-page 100)
02/05/26		Scrivener's error corrected
02/05/26	House	Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Gatch
02/11/26	House	Debate adjourned until Thur. 2-12-26 (House Journal-page 18)
02/17/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 15)
02/18/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 16)
02/19/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 35)
02/25/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 29)
03/04/26	House	Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-24-26 (House Journal-page 23)
03/24/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 55)
03/25/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 55)
04/01/26	House	Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 33)
04/23/26	House	Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 149)