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LA HB859
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
John Wyble
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AI Summary
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Prohibits any person, firm, or corporation from manufacturing for sale, selling, holding, offering for sale, or distributing cell cultured food products in Louisiana
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Defines "cell cultured food product" as any cultured animal tissue produced from in vitro animal cell cultures outside of the organism from which it derived (commonly known as lab-grown meat)
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Adds the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of cell cultured food products to the list of prohibited actions under Louisiana's meat inspection laws (R.S. 3:4233)
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Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to alphabetize and renumber definitions in the relevant statute to incorporate the new term
Legislative Description
Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, and distribution of cell cultured food products
AGRICULTURE/MEAT
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
3/9/2026