2013-2014 Bill 4546: Ed Currie - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 4546 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Felder, Norman, Simrill, Delleney, Long, King, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Pope, Alexander, 10 Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, 11 Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, 12 Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A. Crawford, K.R. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, 13 Erickson, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, 14 Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, 15 Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Kennedy, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, 16 McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, 17 Newton, Norrell, R.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, 18 RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, 19 J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, 20 Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1413sd14.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on January 23, 2014 24 Adopted by the House on January 23, 2014 25 26 Summary: Ed Currie 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 1/23/2014 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 5) 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 1/23/2014 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE ED CURRIE OF ROCK HILL ON 12 BEING NEWLY CERTIFIED BY GUINNESS WORLD 13 RECORDS FOR GROWING THE WORLD’S HOTTEST CHILI 14 PEPPER. 15 16 Whereas, in November 2013, Ed Currie of Rock Hill learned he 17 had realized a longtime dream: the official certification of his 18 Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper as the world’s hottest chili pepper 19 by Guinness World Records; and 20 21 Whereas, Ed felt sure the world’s hottest pepper could be grown in 22 York County. With the help of a Winthrop University chemistry 23 professor, Cliff Calloway, and the professor’s students, Ed pursued 24 the Guinness record. The students tested peck after peck of 25 peppers not only to measure their hotness but also to make sure the 26 peppers could be replicated; and 27 28 Whereas, on average, Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper has a Scoville 29 heat unit rating (a measure of the concentration of the chemical 30 compound capsaicin, which produces a heat sensation in the 31 mouth) of 1,569,300. By comparison, jalapeno peppers have a 32 Scoville rating ranging from 2,500 to 8,000; and 33 34 Whereas, Guinness proclaimed Ed’s pepper beat out the former 35 recordholder, Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, which has a Scoville 36 rating of 1,000,000 to 1,463,700; and 37 38 Whereas, due to wide press coverage of his story, orders for his 39 pepper seeds and other products now have reached more than 40 fifteen hundred orders a day, and Ed is considering expanding his 41 operations. For his success, he gives full credit to the blessing of 42 God; and

[4546] 2 1 2 Whereas, looking to the future, Ed has some peppers in 3 development he believes are even hotter than Smokin’ Ed’s 4 Carolina Reaper. He is also studying the medicinal powers of 5 peppers, his medicinal research comprising the work of one of nine 6 companies housed at Rock Hill’s technology incubator; and 7 8 Whereas, the House of Representatives is pleased to pause in its 9 deliberations to applaud Ed Currie on his latest achievement, 10 inclusion in Guinness World Records for his Smokin’ Ed’s 11 Carolina Reaper, the world’s hottest chili pepper. Now, therefore, 12 13 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 14 15 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 16 by this resolution, congratulate Ed Currie of Rock Hill on being 17 newly certified by Guinness World Records for growing the 18 world’s hottest chili pepper. 19 20 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 21 Ed Currie. 22 XX 23

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