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SC H 5096

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Lab grown/cultured meat

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did SC H 5096 pass?

The current status of SC H 5096 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-25): Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt

What is SC H 5096 about?

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 17, TITLE 47, RELATING TO MISREPRESENTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE CELL-CULTURED MEAT, SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MANUFACTURE, SELL, OR DISTRIBUTE ARTIFICIAL OR CELL-CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCTS IN THIS STATE, TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

Who sponsors SC H 5096?

Ligon, Haddon, Yow and 23 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 5096.

Description

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 17, TITLE 47, RELATING TO MISREPRESENTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE CELL-CULTURED MEAT, SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MANUFACTURE, SELL, OR DISTRIBUTE ARTIFICIAL OR CELL-CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCTS IN THIS STATE, TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

Introduced
2026-02-04
Latest action
2026-02-25 — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Ligonprimary
  • Haddonprimary
  • Yowprimary
  • Burnsprimary
  • Brewerprimary
  • Rankinprimary
  • Chumleyprimary
  • Morganprimary
  • Pedalinoprimary
  • J.E. Johnsonprimary
  • Guffeyprimary
  • Chapmanprimary
  • Lastingerprimary
  • Robbinsprimary
  • Holmanprimary
  • Calhoonprimary
  • Davisprimary
  • Coxprimary
  • Brittainprimary
  • Forrestprimary
  • Gagnonprimary
  • Hixonprimary
  • Atkinsonprimary
  • Cromerprimary
  • Gilreathprimary
  • Hewittprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-25

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt

  2. 2026-02-24

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-24

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2026-02-20

    Read third time and sent to Senate

    passage,reading-3

  5. 2026-02-19

    Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day

  6. 2026-02-19

    Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0

  7. 2026-02-19

    Read second time

    reading-2

  8. 2026-02-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  9. 2026-02-19

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath

  10. 2026-02-18

    Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-02-12

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson

  12. 2026-02-11

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon

  13. 2026-02-04

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

    referral-committee

  14. 2026-02-04

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage of Bill

    2026-02-19 · pass · 110-0

    Member-level votes (123)
    • Alexander, Terry: yes
    • Anderson, Carl L.: yes
    • Atkinson, Lucas: yes
    • Bailey, William H.: yes
    • Ballentine, Nathan: yes
    • Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
    • Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
    • Bauer, Heather: yes
    • Bowers, Phillip: yes
    • Bradley, Jeff: yes
    • Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
    • Brittain, Thomas C., Jr.: yes
    • Burns, James Mikell: yes
    • Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
    • Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
    • Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
    • Chapman, Donald G.: yes
    • Chumley, William M.: yes
    • Clyburn, William: yes
    • Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
    • Collins, Neal A.: yes
    • Cox, Brandon L.: yes
    • Crawford, Heather Ammons: yes
    • Cromer, April: yes
    • Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
    • Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
    • Duncan, Adam L.: yes
    • Edgerton, Sarita L.: yes
    • Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
    • Ford, Greg: yes
    • Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
    • Frank, Stephen: yes
    • Gatch, Gil: yes
    • Gibson, Daniel: yes
    • Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
    • Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
    • Gilreath, Thomas Lee: yes
    • Grant, Hamilton R.: yes
    • Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
    • Guffey, Brandon: yes
    • Haddon, Patrick B.: yes
    • Hager, William: yes
    • Hardee, Kevin: yes
    • Harris, Robert J.: yes
    • Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
    • Hartz, Charles V.: yes
    • Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
    • Herbkersman, William G.: yes
    • Hewitt, Lee: yes
    • Hiott, David R.: yes
    • Hixon, William M.: yes
    • Holman, Harriet A.: yes
    • Hosey, Lonnie: yes
    • Howard, Leon: yes
    • Huff, William C.: yes
    • Jones, Wendell K.: yes
    • Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: yes
    • Kilmartin, John Gregory: yes
    • King, John Richard C.: yes
    • Kirby, Roger K.: yes
    • Landing, Kathy: yes
    • Lastinger, John T., Jr.: yes
    • Lawson, M. Brian: yes
    • Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
    • Long, Steven Wayne: yes
    • Lowe, Phillip D.: yes
    • Luck, Jason S.: yes
    • Magnuson, Josiah: yes
    • Martin, David: yes
    • McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: yes
    • McCravy, John R., III: yes
    • McDaniel, Annie E.: yes
    • McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
    • Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
    • Mitchell, Dianne: yes
    • Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
    • Moore, Travis A.: yes
    • Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
    • Moss, Dennis C.: yes
    • Neese, Mike M.: yes
    • Newton, Brandon: yes
    • Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
    • Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
    • Pace, Jordan S.: yes
    • Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
    • Pope, Thomas E.: yes
    • Rankin, Luke S.: yes
    • Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
    • Robbins, Robby: yes
    • Rose, Seth: yes
    • Rutherford, J. Todd: yes
    • Schuessler, Carla: yes
    • Sessions, Heath: yes
    • Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
    • Smith, Marvin: yes
    • Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: yes
    • Taylor, Bill: yes
    • Teeple, James E.: yes
    • Terribile, Jackie R.: yes
    • Vaughan, David: yes
    • Waters, Courtney S.: yes
    • Weeks, J. David: yes
    • Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
    • White, Joseph S.: yes
    • Whitmire, William R.: yes
    • Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
    • Williams, Robert Q.: yes
    • Willis, Mark N.: yes
    • Wooten, Chris: yes
    • Yow, Richard L.: yes
    • Beach, Thomas: excused
    • Bernstein, Beth E.: excused
    • Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: excused
    • Johnson, Jeffrey E.: excused
    • Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: excused
    • Gagnon, Craig A.: excused
    • Garvin, Kambrell H.: excused
    • Hart, Christopher R.: excused
    • Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
    • Moore, JA: excused
    • Reese, Robert T.: excused
    • Sanders, Richard Blake: excused
    • Scott, Keishan M.: excused

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