---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labeling of Synthetic Food Product"
description: "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. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 103"
citation: "South Carolina S 103 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Climer", "Kimbrell", "Leber", "Stubbs", "Verdin", "Zell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-11"
last_action: "2025-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62393847-42a7-4953-9e07-8c3b6e7366f6"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=103&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "e4a07adaa0c309d1f63b167fc803a69bc4eb387a36752fa4312266725d247b84"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---

# South Carolina S 103 (2025-2026) — Labeling of Synthetic Food Product

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. - RATIFIED TITLE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/103.htm)
2. **01/21/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/103_20250121.htm)
3. **01/28/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/103_20250128.htm)
4. **02/04/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/103_20250204.htm)
5. **02/05/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/103_20250205.htm)
6. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/103_20250429.htm)
7. **12/11/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/103_20241211.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Climer — primary (person)
- Kimbrell — primary (person)
- Leber — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Verdin — primary (person)
- Zell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-12-11** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-01-28** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
- **2025-02-05** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-02-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
- **2025-05-01** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2025-05-02** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Ratified R 28
- **2025-05-08** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16** Effective date 05/08/25
- **2025-05-16** Act No. 14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62393847-42a7-4953-9e07-8c3b6e7366f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).