HB 512 — AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Provides relative to cell cultured food products

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512 BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHAMERHORN, AMEDEE, BAYHAM, BROUSSARD, COATES, CHANCE HENRY, MCCORMICK, AND WYBLE AGRICULTURE/MEAT:AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.3:4233(A)(4)through(14)andtoenactR.S.3:4201(24),4210.1, and 4233(A)(15), relative to cell cultured food products;

Provides relative to cell cultured food products AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.3:4233(A)(4)through(14)andtoenactR.S.3:4201(24),4210.1, and 4233(A)(15), relative to cell cultured food products;

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Theprovisions ofthis Actshall becomeeffectiveonlyuponafinalruling of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that prohibitions on cell cultured food products do not violate the United States Constitution;

however, nothing in this Act, regardless of whether such ruling is issued, shall be construed to prohibit accredited institutions of higher education in this state from conducting research on cell cultured food products.

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It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 512 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Schamerhorn Abstract:

Prohibits the sale, manufacturing, or distribution of cell cultured food products and the mixing of cell cultured food products with other meat products.

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 derived.

Proposed law prohibits the sale, manufacturing, or distribution of any cell cultured food product.

Further prohibits the mixing of any cell cultured food product with any "meat product", as defined by present law (R.S.

3:4743(11)), for sale as food for human consumption.

Present law (R.S.

3:4233(A)) enumerates certain prohibitions under present law.

Proposedlawexpandspresentlaw byprohibiting the sale, manufacturing, or distribution of any cell cultured food product.

Effective upon a final U.S.

Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of state bans on cell cultured food products, while still allowing accredited higher education institutions in the state to conduct research on such products regardless of that ruling.

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512 SummaryENROLLED ofSection2. Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed byHouse Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development to the original bill:

1.Theprovisions ofthis Actshallbecomeeffectiveonlyuponafinalruling of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that prohibitions on cell cultured food products do not violate the United States Constitution;

Addhowever, annothing effectivenessin provisionthis makingAct, theregardless proposedof lawwhether effectivesuch uponruling ais finalissued, rulingshall be construed to prohibit accredited institutions of thehigher U.S.education in this state from conducting research on cell cultured food products.

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