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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 544

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Quinn (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Tomczyk (R)

22 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , C. Anderson (D) , 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) , Tittl (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Nov 16, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Tittl added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 5, 2023 · Senate

    Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  5. Dec 21, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1