2025 bills / H.B. 138
H.B. 138 Food Labeling Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would require food containing cultivated meat, meaning meat grown from animal cells, to carry a label saying so, and would require similar labeling for food with plant or insect based meat substitutes. It would also set up notice requirements, inspections, and a fee for these products, and let the state make rules to carry out these changes.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires labeling of food containing cultivated meat products
- requires labeling of food containing plant or insect based meat substitutes
- provides for notification, inspections, and the payment of a fee related to cultivated meat products and plant or insect based meat substitutes
- addresses rulemaking
- makes technical and conforming amendments
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Every vote
- 8 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 1/29/2025 3:55 PMWho voted how
- 8 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · 1/29/2025 3:55 PMWho voted how
- 75 yes, 0 noFinal House vote · 2/7/2025 3:08 PMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 2/19/2025 8:06 AMWho voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/26/2025 11:28 AMWho voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/27/2025 11:15 AMWho voted how