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H4758Introduced in the House

Hemp beverage ban

IntroducedHouse Judiciary

Introduced by Weston Newton, District 120

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 46-55-5 So As To Provide The Purpose Of This Chapter Is To Encourage The Lawful Cultivation, Harvesting, And Manufacturing Of Hemp; By Amending Section 46-55-10, Relating To Industrial Hemp Cultivation Terms And Definitions, So As To Provide Additional Terms And Their Definitions, And To Revise The Definitions Of Existing Terms; And By Adding Sections 46-55-70, 46-55-80, And 46-55-90 So As To Regulate The Distribution And Sale Of Consumable Hemp, To Provide The Provisions Of This Chapter May Not Be Construed To Limit Interstate Commerce, Or To Prohibit The Lawful Possession, Manufacture, Sale, Or Distribution Of Certain Cbd Products, And To Provide Penalties.

Where it stands

Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary

April 23, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Prefiled

  2. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Introduced and read first time

  4. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  5. Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Yow, C.Mitchell

  6. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy

  7. Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

  8. Requests for debate-Rep

  9. Scrivener's error corrected

  10. Debate interrupted by adjournment

  11. Scrivener's error corrected

  12. Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Gatch

  13. Debate adjourned until Thur. 2-12-26

  14. Debate adjourned

  15. Debate adjourned

  16. Debate adjourned

  17. Debate adjourned

  18. Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-24-26

  19. Debate adjourned

  20. Debate adjourned

  21. Debate adjourned

  22. Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary

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