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KY HB309
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/12/2026
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Dotson
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AI Summary
- Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or exchange of any meat or meat product containing cultured animal tissue produced from in vitro animal cell cultures outside of the organism from which it is derived
- Amends KRS 217.175 to add cultured meat products to the list of prohibited acts within the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Removes a previous provision (KRS 217.035 subsection 15) that had classified products containing cultured animal tissue as "misbranded" if represented as meat
- Shifts regulatory approach from labeling requirements to an outright ban on cultured/cell-cultivated meat products
Legislative Description
AN ACT relating to cultured meat products.
Corrections Impact
Last Action
2nd reading, to Rules
2/5/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules2/5/2026
Agriculture1/20/2026
Committee On Committees1/12/2026
Full Bill Text
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