Bill Text: IL HB5872 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Cultivated Meat Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute cultivated meat. Provides that a person who knowingly violates this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor. Allows for rulemaking by the Department of Agriculture. Makes a finding and states the purpose. Defines cultivated meat.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-08-27 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess [HB5872 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5872-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Illinois Cultivated Meat Act.
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6 | Section 5. Finding and purpose. The General Assembly finds | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | that the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | meat is a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | people of the State of Illinois. It is the purpose of this Act | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to prevent and prohibit the manufacture, sale, and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | distribution of cultivated meat in the State of Illinois.
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12 | Section 10. Definition of cultivated meat. In this Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "cultivated meat" means any meat or food product produced from | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | cultured animal cells.
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15 | Section 15. Cultivated meat unlawful. It is unlawful for | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | sale, or distribute cultivated meat.
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18 | Section 20. Penalties. A person who knowingly violates | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor.
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