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A14, R28, S103
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Climer, Kimbrell, Verdin, Leber, Zell and Stubbs
Document Path: SR-0118KM25.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2025
Introduced in the House on February 6, 2025
Last Amended on February 4, 2025
Currently residing in the House
Governor's Action: May 8, 2025, Signed
Summary: Labeling of Synthetic Food Product
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 12/11/2024 | Senate | Prefiled |
| 12/11/2024 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 1/14/2025 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 72) |
| 1/14/2025 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 72) |
| 1/21/2025 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 1/28/2025 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 15) |
| 2/4/2025 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 2/4/2025 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 2/4/2025 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 11) |
| 2/5/2025 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 51) |
| 2/5/2025 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 2/6/2025 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 45) |
| 2/6/2025 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 45) |
| 4/29/2025 | House | Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 3) |
| 5/1/2025 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 13) |
| 5/1/2025 | House | Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 14) |
| 5/1/2025 | House | Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (House Journal-page 15) |
| 5/2/2025 | House | Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 10) |
| 5/6/2025 | Ratified R 28 | |
| 5/8/2025 | Signed By Governor | |
| 5/16/2025 | Effective date 05/08/25 | |
| 5/16/2025 | Act No. 14 |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/11/2024
01/21/2025
01/28/2025
02/04/2025
02/05/2025
04/29/2025
(A14, R28, S103)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 47-17-510, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES, LABELING, OR MISREPRESENTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE CELL-CULTURED MEATS, SO AS TO DEFINE "CELL-CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCT" AND REQUIRE THE ACCURATE LABELING OF CELL-CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Definitions, prohibitions
SECTION 1. Section 47-17-510 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
Section 47-17-510. (A) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "artificial or cell-cultivated food product" means any food product developed in a laboratory or facility and grown from a biopsy of living animal cells including, but not limited to, livestock, poultry, fish, crustaceans, or other animal protein; and
(2) "sells, or holds or offers for sale" does not include retail sales except under the circumstances where a retailer is also the manufacturer.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to label any artificial or cell-cultivated food product as beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or any other animal protein that the artificial or cell-cultivated food product may resemble for the purposes of advertising, manufacturing, selling, or holding or offering for sale in this State.
(C) No person who advertises, manufactures, sells, or holds or offers for sale any artificial or cell-cultivated food product in this State shall engage in a misleading or deceptive practice related to an artificial or cell-cultivated food product including, but not limited to, misrepresenting an artificial or cell-cultivated food product as being derived from harvested production beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or other animal protein. The front of all artificial or cell-cultivated food product packaging must contain a conspicuous label that indicates that the artificial or cell-cultivated food product is not beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or any other animal protein that the artificial or cell-cultivated food product may resemble.
(D) Each package that violates a provision of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 6th day of May, 2025.
Approved the 8th day of May, 2025.
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