republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3449.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Agriculture Dept	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 55, TITLE 46, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROGRAM, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO PROHIBIT THE CULTIVATION, HANDLING, OR PROCESSING OF HEMP WITHOUT A HEMP LICENSE ISSUED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR A HEMP LICENSE, TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 55, AND TO ESTABLISH CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS FOR LICENSEES WHO VIOLATE A PROVISION OF CHAPTER 55; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHALL SUBMIT A STATE PLAN TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT CURRENT LICENSEES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROGRAM MAY EXPAND OPERATIONS AND AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE HEMP LICENSES FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 3449	South Carolina H 3449 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Atkinson B. Newton Bradley Erickson Forrest Hardee Hill Hiott Hixon Johnson Kirby Ligon Lucas Mace Magnuson Young	11	33	2	2019-01-08	2019-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/236912dd-dd18-4c1d-90cd-51e8921cd8b8	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3449&session=123&summary=B	079eb19c24664907027f498e3961ae0f31fcfc801d1396dd2b27337360d889b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3449 (2019-2020) — Agriculture Dept

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 55, TITLE 46, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROGRAM, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO PROHIBIT THE CULTIVATION, HANDLING, OR PROCESSING OF HEMP WITHOUT A HEMP LICENSE ISSUED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR A HEMP LICENSE, TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 55, AND TO ESTABLISH CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS FOR LICENSEES WHO VIOLATE A PROVISION OF CHAPTER 55; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHALL SUBMIT A STATE PLAN TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT CURRENT LICENSEES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROGRAM MAY EXPAND OPERATIONS AND AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE HEMP LICENSES FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/16/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/8/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/14/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/19/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/21/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 2/22/2019 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/14/2019 (committee substitute) — source
9. 3/15/2019 (committee substitute) — source
10. 3/5/2019 (committee substitute) — source
11. 3/6/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Lucas — primary (person)
• Mace — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirby, Forrest, Young, Hixon
• 2019-01-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton
• 2019-01-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-01-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley, Mace
• 2019-01-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Ligon
• 2019-02-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Magnuson, Hill
• 2019-02-14 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-19 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-02-20 Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-21-19
• 2019-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson, Hardee
• 2019-02-21 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-21 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-0
• 2019-02-21 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2019-02-22 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-02-26 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-26 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-03-14 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-03-14 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-03-15 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-03-20 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-21 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2019-03-21 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2019-03-27 Ratified R 23
• 2019-03-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Effective date 03/28/19
• 2019-04-08 Act No. 14

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/236912dd-dd18-4c1d-90cd-51e8921cd8b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).