Food labeling

2025-2026 Bill 4248: Food labeling - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4248
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Herbkersman, Bradley, Erickson, Hixon, Pope, Hewitt, Cobb-Hunter, Forrest, M.M. Smith, Hartnett, Luck, Gilliard, Rivers, W. Newton, Guest, J. Moore and Williams
Document Path: LC-0122PH25.docx
Introduced in the House on March 27, 2025
Introduced in the Senate on April 15, 2026
Last Amended on May 13, 2026

Currently residing in conference committee
Summary: Food labeling
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/27/2025

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 14
)

3/27/2025

House

Referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
(
House Journal-page 14
)

2/19/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pope

2/25/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt,
Cobb-Hunter, Forrest, M.M. Smith

4/2/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
(
House Journal-page 6
)

4/14/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
Hartnett, Luck, Gilliard, Rivers, W. Newton,
Guest, J. Moore, Williams

4/14/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 38
)

4/14/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 38
)

4/15/2026

House

Read third time and sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 15
)

4/15/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 40
)

4/15/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Natural Resources
(
Senate Journal-page 40
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Committee report: Favorable
Agriculture and Natural Resources
(
Senate Journal-page 15
)

4/30/2026

Senate

Amended (
Senate Journal-page 48
)

4/30/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 48
)

4/30/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0 (
Senate Journal-page 48
)

5/6/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

5/7/2026

Senate

Read third time and returned to House with amendments (
Senate Journal-page 15
)

5/12/2026

House

Debate adjourned (
House Journal-page 113
)

5/13/2026

House

Senate amendment amended (
House Journal-page 165
)

5/13/2026

House

Returned to Senate with amendments (
House Journal-page 165
)

5/13/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 166
)

5/14/2026

Senate

Non-concurrence in House amendment (
Senate Journal-page 59
)

5/14/2026

House

House insists upon amendment and conference
committee appointed Reps. Forrest, Erickson, Kirby (
House Journal-page 60
)

5/14/2026

Senate

Conference committee appointed Johnson, Bennett, Sutton (
Senate Journal-page 60
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/27/2025
04/02/2026
04/28/2026
04/30/2026
05/06/2026
05/13/2026

AMENDED - NOT PRINTED
BILL FOR THE HOUSE

Amt. No. 1 (LC-4248.PH0001H.docx)

May 13, 2026

H. 4248

Introduced by Reps. Herbkersman, Bradley,
Erickson, Hixon, Pope, Hewitt, Cobb-Hunter, Forrest, M. M. Smith, Hartnett,
Luck, Gilliard, Rivers, W. Newton, Guest, J. Moore and Williams

S. Printed 5/13/26--H.

Read the first time March 27, 2025

________

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
39-25-220
SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT ALL SHRIMP AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS SOLD IN THIS
STATE HAVE A LABEL NOTING THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE SHRIMP.

Amend Title To Conform

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 25, Title 39 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

S
ection
39-25-175
.
(
A) For purposes of this
section:

(
1)
"Domestic shrimp" means shrimp caught and landed in waters of a state or waters
of the United States;

(
2)
"Food service establishment" means an establishment engaged in the business of
selling ready-to-eat food to the public including, but not limited to, a
restaurant, cafeteria, food stand, or food truck; and

(
3)
"Foreign imported shrimp" means shrimp imported into the United States.

(
B) A
food service establishment in this State that serves both foreign imported
shrimp and domestic shrimp must conspicuously display the following disclaimer
on its menu, if any, on a sign visible to the public at its main entrance:
"Some items served at this establishment may contain foreign imported shrimp.
Ask for more information."

(
C) A
food service establishment in this State that serves foreign imported shrimp,
but does not serve domestic shrimp, must conspicuously display the following
disclaimer on its menu, if any, and on a sign visible to the public at its main
entrance: "Some items served at this establishment contain foreign imported
shrimp. Ask for more information."

(
D) A
food service establishment that violates this section must:

(
1)
for a first offense, be issued a warning by the Department of Agriculture that
provides for a period of three days from the issuance of the warning to remedy
the violation; and

(
2)
for a second or subsequent offense, be issued a civil fine of no less than one
hundred dollars and no more than five thousand dollars by the Department of
Agriculture for each day the violation occurs.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect one hundred twenty
days after approval by the Governor.

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