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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 555

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Relating to: labeling a food product as containing lab-grown animal cells, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Administrative rules Administrative rules — Revisions Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Animal Food

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, no person may sell or offer for sale a food product that contains

cultured animal cells or cultured animal tissue derived from cultured animal cells

unless the food product is labeled as containing lab-grown animal cells. The bill

defines “animal” as a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mollusk. The bill also

requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to

promulgate emergency rules to implement the prohibition in the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Moses (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Rozar (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schutt (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R)

5 cosponsors

C. Anderson (D) , Quinn (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Tittl (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Sortwell, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, S. Johnson, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Rozar, Schmidt, Schutt and Snyder; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Tomczyk and Spreitzer

  2. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Nov 16, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Tittl added as a coauthor

  4. Dec 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative C. Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Dec 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1