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OK HB2829

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ty Burns

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Prohibits any person from manufacturing, selling, holding for sale, or distributing cultivated meat products in Oklahoma, with violations constituting a misdemeanor.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Agriculture and Wildlife4/1/2025
Agriculture2/4/2025
Energy and Natural Resources Oversight2/4/2025

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