South Carolina S 103: Local Government Fund

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2025-2026 Bill 103 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 29, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 103

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Committee Report

April 29, 2025

S. 103

Introduced by Senators Climer, Kimbrell, Verdin, 
Leber, Zell and Stubbs 

S. Printed 4/29/25--H.

Read the first time February 6, 2025

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The committee on House Agriculture, 
Natural Res. and Environmental Affairs

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 103) 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, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered 
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

WILLIAM HIXON for Committee.

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A bill

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 PRODUCT THAT IS CELL-CULTURED MEAT, SO 
AS TO DEFINE CELL-CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCT AND REQUIRE THE ACCURATE LABELING OF 
CELL-CULTIVATED FOOD PRODUCT.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 47-17-510 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
47-17-510. (A) A person who advertises, offers 
for sale, or sells all or part of a carcass shall not engage in any misleading 
or deceptive practices, labeling, or misrepresenting a product as "meat" or 
"clean meat" that is cell-cultured meat/protein, or is not derived from 
harvested production livestock, poultry, fish, or crustaceans. For the purposes of this section:

 (1) "artificial or cell-cultivated 
food product" means any food product developed in a laboratory or facility 
and grown from a biopsy of living animal cells including, but not limited to, 
livestock, poultry, fish, crustaceans, or other animal protein; and

 (2) "sells, or holds or offers for 
sale" does not include retail sales except under the circumstances where a 
retailer is also the manufacturer.

 (B) It shall be unlawful for any 
person to label any artificial or cell-cultivated food product as beef, 
poultry, fish, crustacean, or any other animal protein that the artificial or cell-cultivated 
food product may resemble for the purposes of advertising, manufacturing, 
selling, or holding or offering for sale in this State.

 (C) No person who advertises, manufactures, 
sells, or holds or offers for sale any artificial or cell-cultivated food 
product in this State shall engage in a misleading or deceptive practice 
related to an artificial or cell-cultivated food product including, but not 
limited to, misrepresenting an artificial or cell-cultivated food product as 
being derived from harvested production beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or 
other animal protein. The front of all artificial or cell-cultivated food 
product packaging must contain a conspicuous label that indicates that the artificial 
or cell-cultivated food product is not beef, poultry, fish, crustacean, or any 
other animal protein that the artificial or cell-cultivated food product may 
resemble.

 (D) Each package that violates a 
provision of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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