Bill Text: IL HB5872 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2024-11-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5872 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5872-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5872 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
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.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Illinois Cultivated Meat Act.
Section 5. Finding and purpose. The General Assembly finds
that the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated
meat is a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the
people of the State of Illinois. It is the purpose of this Act
to prevent and prohibit the manufacture, sale, and
distribution of cultivated meat in the State of Illinois.
Section 10. Definition of cultivated meat. In this Act,
"cultivated meat" means any meat or food product produced from
cultured animal cells.
Section 15. Cultivated meat unlawful. It is unlawful for
any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for
sale, or distribute cultivated meat.
Section 20. Penalties. A person who knowingly violates
this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor.

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