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South Carolina Industrial Hemp Legislation
Write the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee in support of H. 3305, The South Carolina Industrial Hemp Research Act.
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H
3305, introduced in the South Carolina House on
January 17, 2007 by Reps. Bill Herbkersman, R-Bluffton,
and William Witherspoon, R-Conway, chairmen of the Agriculture,
Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee,
would create a committee to study the beneficial uses
of industrial hemp.
The bill includes the findings that
hemp "has virtually no intoxicating effects when
consumed ... and ... is an efficient and economical
crop for farmers to grow" and "a variety of
useful materials can be made from hemp such as paper,
textiles, building materials, food, medicine, paint,
detergent, varnish, oil, ink and fuel."
Rep. Bill Herbkersman believes hemp
might be a lifeline for South Carolina's faltering tobacco
and textile community.
"This has the potential to replace
a good part of the tobacco-growing industry," said
Herbkersman.
The South
Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, which represents
farmers, is among the groups that would have a seat
on the committee. It has never taken a position on hemp
production, said spokesman Reggie Hall.
"There are tobacco farmers
who have a lot of overhead in machinery and equipment
and are looking for alternative crops to be able to
use that equipment for," Hall said. "We are
open to looking at anything that could help farmers."
South Carolina Industrial Hemp Legislation
South Carolina
Legislature
2008
H 3305
A Joint Resolution to create a committee to study the beneficial uses of industrial hemp, to provide for the study committee's membership, and to require that the study committee report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly before January 15, 2008, at which time the study committee is abolished. Introduced in the House and read for the first time on 1/17/07. Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs and referred to Committee on Judiciary 1/10/08.
Download the text of H 3305 as Introduced here (PDF file 76k).
2007
H 3305
A Joint Resolution to create a committee to study the
beneficial uses of industrial hemp, to provide for the
study committee's membership, and to require that the
study committee report its findings and recommendations
to the General Assembly before January 15, 2008, at
which time the study committee is abolished. Introduced
in the House and read for the first time on 1/17/07.
Download the text of H 3305 as Introduced
here (PDF file 76k).
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