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2025-2026 Bill 4759 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 05, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4759

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February 4, 2026

H. 4759

Introduced by Reps. W. Newton, Bailey, Bradley, 
Brewer, Chapman, Crawford, Davis, Erickson, Gatch, Gilliam, Guest, Haddon, 
Hartz, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, 
Martin, T. Moore, B. Newton, Oremus, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Robbins, Schuessler, 
Sessions, G. M. Smith, M. M. Smith, Taylor, Vaughan, Whitmire, Willis, Wooten, 
Yow and C. Mitchell 

S. Printed 2/4/26--H. [SEC 
2/5/2026 9:20 AM]

Read the first time January 13, 2026

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
46-55-5 SO AS TO PROVIDE A PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 46-55-10, RELATING TO HEMP 
FARMING DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR "CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCT" AND 
"INTOXICATING HEMP PRODUCT"; BY ADDING SECTION 46-55-70 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE 
SALE OF CERTAIN CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS; BY ADDING SECTION 46-55-80 SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THAT INTERSTATE COMMERCE IS NOT BEING LIMITED; AND BY ADDING CHAPTER 14 
TO TITLE 61 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS RELATING TO INTOXICATING HEMP 
BEVERAGES, PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDE FOR INTOXICATING HEMP BEVERAGE 
PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSING AND TAXES.

 Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 55, Title 46 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 Section 
46-55-5. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the sale and distribution 
of consumable hemp products. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the 
manufacture, sale, and distribution of consumable hemp products is strictly 
prohibited unless specifically provided for in this chapter and Chapter 14, 
Title 61. In acknowledging consumable hemp products may be intoxicating, the 
regulation and control of such products in this State is in the interest of 
public health and safety through ensuring proper age verification and the state's 
ability to efficiently enforce the requirements and restrictions contained in 
this chapter.

SECTION 2. Section 46-55-10 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
46-55-10. For the purposes of this chapter:

 (1) 
"Cannabidiol" or "CBD" means the compound by the same name derived from the 
hemp variety of the Cannabis sativa L. plant.

 (2) "Cannabinoids" means any 
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) derived from hemp except CBD, CBG, CBC, or other 
non-intoxicating hemp products that cause a psychoactive reaction.

 (2)(3) "Commercial sales" means the sale of hemp products in 
the stream of commerce, at retail, wholesale, and online.

 (3)(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the South 
Carolina Department of Agriculture.

 (5) "Consumable hemp product" means a 
finished hemp product that is intended for human consumption, ingestion, 
inhalation, or absorption and contains any part of the hemp plant, including 
intoxicating hemp products, cannabinoids, or any compound, concentrate, 
derivative, including synthetic derivatives, extract, isolate, or resin derived 
from hemp other than CBD, CBG, CBC, or CBN provided the products do not contain 
an intoxicating hemp product that cause a psychoactive reaction.

 (4)(6) "Cultivating" means planting, watering, growing, and 
harvesting a plant or crop.

 (5)(7) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of 
Agriculture.

 (6)(8) "Federally defined THC level for hemp" means a delta-9 
THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis, or the THC concentration for hemp defined in 7 U.S.C. SECTION 
5940, whichever is greater.

 (7)(9) "Handling" means possessing or storing hemp for any 
period of time. "Handling" also includes possessing or storing hemp in a 
vehicle for any period of time other than during its actual transport from the 
premises of a licensed person to cultivate or process industrial hemp to the 
premises of another licensed person. "Handling" does not mean possessing or 
storing finished hemp products.

 (8)(10) "Hemp" or "industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis 
sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the nonsterilized seeds thereof 
and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts 
of isomers, whether growing or not, with the federally 
defined THC level for hemp a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol 
(THC) concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (.3%) on a dry 
weight basis. Hemp shall be considered an agricultural commodity.

 (9)(11) "Hemp products" means all products with th