republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-4245.md

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Bill	Meat	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 17, TITLE 47 SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ADVERTISE, SELL, LABEL, OR MISREPRESENT AS "MEAT" OR "CLEAN MEAT" ALL OR PART OF A CARCASS THAT IS CELL-CULTURED MEAT/PROTEIN, OR IS NOT DERIVED FROM HARVESTED PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, FISH, OR CRUSTACEANS, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY TO PLANT-BASED MEAT SUBSTITUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 4245	South Carolina H 4245 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Atkinson B. Cox B. Newton D.C. Moss Felder Forrest Gilliard Hewitt Hiott Hixon Hyde Jefferson King Kirby Ligon Magnuson Martin Moore Ott Pope R. Williams Simmons Simrill Trantham V.S. Moss W. Cox	7	25	3	2019-03-13	2019-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/407cf1b3-7894-4cb1-95f0-fcea876ff3e1	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4245&session=123&summary=B	32de3437146e1c1e8e56b0faa7a9e2165ace93deb26426273cbf5f0fee91351c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4245 (2019-2020) — Meat

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 17, TITLE 47 SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ADVERTISE, SELL, LABEL, OR MISREPRESENT AS "MEAT" OR "CLEAN MEAT" ALL OR PART OF A CARCASS THAT IS CELL-CULTURED MEAT/PROTEIN, OR IS NOT DERIVED FROM HARVESTED PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, FISH, OR CRUSTACEANS, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY TO PLANT-BASED MEAT SUBSTITUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 3/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/25/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/4/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/7/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/9/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Cox — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• D.C. Moss — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Hyde — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)
• W. Cox — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-03-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder, V.S.Moss, D.C.Moss, B.Cox, Forrest, Simrill, Martin, B.Newton, Magnuson, Moore, Hyde, Simmons, Trantham, R.Williams, Jefferson, King, W.Cox
• 2019-03-27 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Debate adjourned until Wed., 4-3-19
• 2019-04-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
• 2019-04-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-04 Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
• 2019-04-04 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2019-04-05 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-05-07 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2019-05-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-09 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2019-05-09 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2019-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Ratified R 99
• 2019-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-31 Effective date 05/16/19
• 2019-06-05 Act No. 79

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/407cf1b3-7894-4cb1-95f0-fcea876ff3e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).