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OK HB2829
Bill
Status
3/26/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ty Burns
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AI Summary
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Defines "cultivated meat" as meat or meat products produced from cultured animal tissue created from in vitro animal cell cultures outside the animal from which cells were derived.
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Prohibits any person from manufacturing, selling, holding for sale, or distributing cultivated meat products in Oklahoma, with violations constituting a misdemeanor.
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Authorizes the State Department of Health to suspend or revoke food seller licenses upon conviction of an owner or employee for violating the cultivated meat prohibition.
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Exempts federal, state, and local governmental entities, institutions of higher education, and their research partners with formal agreements from the prohibition for conducting research on cultivated meat production.
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Becomes effective November 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Public health and safety; cultivated meat; prohibiting sale of; penalties; effective date.
Last Action
Coauthored by Senator Burns
4/2/2025