Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 8 R cosponsors

SB 152 — FOOD SAFETY: Prohibits certain actions with respect to cell cultured food products for human consumption. (8/1/26)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 742.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 01, 2026.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill restricts actions related to cell cultured food products for human consumption.

This legislation prohibits certain activities concerning cell cultured food products. It aims to establish regulations to ensure safety in the consumption of these foods.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

46 added · 86 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 152 establishes a ban on the sale of cell cultured food products for human consumption in Louisiana and outlines penalties for violations. This includes a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation, with each day of non-compliance considered a separate offense. These changes matter because they set a clear legal framework for regulating new food technologies, reflecting the state's stance on food safety and consumer protection.

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SLS 26RS-50 REENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
152 BY SENATOR FESI FOOD SAFETY.
152 BY SENATOR FESI AND REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, BAYHAM, COATES, EGAN, OWEN, SCHAMERHORN AND WYBLE AN ACT To enact Part V of Chapter 30 of Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
Prohibits certain actions with respect to cell cultured food products for human consumption.
3:4750.1 through 4750.5, relative to cell cultured food products;
(8/1/26) AN ACT To enact Part V of Chapter 30 of Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
toprohibitthesaleofcellculturedfoodproductsforhumanconsumption;toprovide for penalties;
3:4750 through 4750.4, relative to cell cultured food products;
to prohibit the sale of cell cultured food products for human consumption;
to provide for penalties;
Part V of Chapter 30 of Title 3oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutes of1950, comprised of R.S.
PartVofChapter30of Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of1950, comprised of R.S.
3:4750 through 4750.4, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
3:4750.1 through 4750.5, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
CELL CULTURED FOOD PRODUCTS §4750.
CELL CULTURED FOOD PRODUCTS §4750.1.
§4750.1.
§4750.2.
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SLS 26RS-50 REENGROSSED SB NO.
152 B.
§4750.2.
§4750.3.
A violator of any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of notmorethanfivehundred dollarsforeachactofviolation.Eachdayonwhich a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.
A violator of any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adoptedpursuanttotheprovisionsofthisPartshallbesubjecttoacivilpenalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation.
Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.
Penaltiesmay be assessedonly by aruling of the commissioner based upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
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152 ENROLLED upon an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of therules and regulations adopted pursuanttotheprovisionsof this Part,in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
§4750.3.
§4750.4.
§4750.4.
§4750.5.
however, nothing inthisPartshallprohibitaccreditedinstitutionsofhighereducationinthisstate Page 2 of 3 Coding:
however, nothing inthisPartshallprohibitaccreditedinstitutionsofhighereducationinthisstate from conducting research on cell cultured food products.
Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
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152 from conducting research on cell cultured food products.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 152 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Fesi Proposed law prohibits a person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale any cell cultured food product for human consumption in Louisiana.
Proposed law defines "cell cultured food product" as any cultured animal tissue produced from in vitro animal cell cultures outside of the organism from which it is derived.
Proposed law provides that any person who violates proposed law will be subject to a civil penaltyof not morethan $500 for each violation.
Each dayon which a violation occurs will be considered a separate offense.
Proposed law provides that penalties maybe assessed onlybya ruling of the commissioner of the Dept.
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of Agriculture and Forestry based on an adjudicatory hearing and the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the offender.
Proposed law provides that the commissioner mayinstitute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings and to seek injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation, which must be instituted in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
Proposed law authorizes the commissioner to adopt rules or regulations as necessary to implementproposedlawandallrulesorregulationsmustbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Proposed law provides that proposed law shall become effectiveonlyupon a final ruling by the U.S.
Supreme Court holding that prohibitions on cell cultured food products do not violate the U.S.
Constitution.
Proposed law further provides that proposed law does not prohibit institutions of higher education from conducting research on cell cultured food products.
Effective August 1, 2026.
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3:4750-4750.4) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to the original bill 1.
Makes technical changes.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill 1.
Removes advertising prohibitions.
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Adds effectiveness provisions.
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Makes technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 742.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 19. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

  9. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  15. Called from the Calendar.

  16. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  17. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  18. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  19. Reported with amendments.

  20. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  21. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on · 28 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (139)

139 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

CONCUR (#1404)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 10001
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1524)

Passed 74 Yea · 19 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 71904
Republican 61007
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 7419012
% of votes cast 70%18%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Ed Murray Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Not Voting
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#384)

Passed 27 Yea · 9 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25101
Democrat 1802
Total 27903
% of votes cast 69%23%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Nay
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 152?
SB 152 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), and Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 152?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.
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