CO HB1064

Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, manufacturing, or distribution of cultivated meat in Colorado, defined as food products produced from animal cells grown in a laboratory setting in a controlled environment

Violators face civil penalties and commit a petty offense; the Department of Public Health and Environment or county/district public health agencies may suspend or revoke retail food establishment licenses for violations

Grants the Commissioner of Agriculture authority to adopt rules necessary to administer the cultivated meat prohibition

Exemptions for USDA-inspected establishments, religious ritual slaughter practices, and small poultry producers (up to 1,000 poultry annually) do not apply to the cultivated meat ban

Takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the general assembly, unless a referendum petition is filed, in which case it would go to voters in November 2026