House Amendment 8a
H 3924 - Session 126 (2025-2026)
Hemp-derived ingestible

Rep. MCCRAVY proposes the following amendment (LC-3924.VR0011H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 39, by striking Section 61-14-10(1)(b) and inserting:

  (b) not more than ten milligrams per serving, which can be: sold in a twelve-ounce single serving container in a liquor store.
   (i) up to one and one-half of an ounce, in a 750-milliliter container sold in a liquor store;
   (ii) a twelve-ounce single serving container sold in a liquor store; or
   (iii) one hemp gelatin chewable in a liquor store.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 39, by striking Section 61-14-10(8) and inserting:

 (8) "Hemp-cannabinoid beverage" is a chemically intoxicating beverage subject to the exercise of the police power of the General Assembly, pursuant to Section 1, Article VIII-A of the South Carolina Constitution. "Hemp-cannabinoid beverages" may not contain beer, wine, or liquor, and may not contain more than the allowable THC concentration, and must be sold: as a single serving in twelve-ounce cans or bottles.
  (a) as a single serving in twelve-ounce cans or bottles, or
  (b) as no more than seventeen servings with a total of one hundred seventy milligrams of THC in a single 750-milliliter bottle.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 39, by striking Section 61-14-10(19) and inserting:

 (19) "Serving" means a hemp-cannabinoid beverage containing either:
  (a) twelve fluid ounces in a single serving container;
  (b) no more than one and one-half fluid ounces in a 750-milliliter bottle; or
  (c) or a chewable containing no more than ten milligrams of an allowable THC concentration per gummy.
 (19) "Serving" means a hemp-cannabinoid beverage containing twelve fluid ounces in a single serving container.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 39, by striking Section 61-14-920 and inserting:

 Section 61-14-920. Hemp-cannabinoid beverages in a 750-milliliter bottle, a single serving can or bottle containing more than five milligrams but not more than ten milligrams of an allowable THC concentration, or a hemp gelatin chewable as permitted by this chapter must be sold only in licensed alcoholic liquor stores.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.