South Carolina Senate Bill 961 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 2 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-02 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Pending: House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 39-25-20(t) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To The Definition Of "honey", To Provide That Beekeepers Producing No More Than Four Hundred Gallons Of Honey May File For An Exemption From Inspections And Regulations Requiring Honey To Be Processed, Extracted, And Packaged In An Inspected Food Processing Establishment, Or From Being Required To Obtain A Registration Verification Certificate From The Department Of Agriculture; And To Provide That Beekeepers Who File For And Obtain The Exemption Certificate From The Department Of Agriculture May Sell Directly To Inspected Food Processing Establishments That Maintain A Registration Verification Certificate For Subsequent Wholesale Or Resale Sales.

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Sen. Sandra Senn [R]	Sen. George Campsen [R]	Sen. Sean Bennett [R]	Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]
Sen. Michael Fanning [D]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]

2022-03-01 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-02	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
2022-03-02	House	Introduced and read first time
2022-03-02	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2022-03-01	Senate	Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
2022-03-01	Senate	Read second time
2022-03-01	Senate	Amended
2022-02-14		Scrivener's error corrected
2022-02-10	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2022-01-11	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H4854 (Similar To) 2022-01-25 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39	25	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0961&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/961_20220111.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/961_20220210.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/961_20220214.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/961_20220301.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=20208