HB 1151 — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the regulation of cell-cultured protein.

25.0487.02000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota FIRSTIn ENGROSSMENTRegular ENGROSSEDSession Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 HOUSE BILL NO.

1151 Introduced(Representatives by Representatives Schatz, Hauck, Holle, Kempenich, Monson, DresslerDressler) Senators(Senators Boehm, Magrum, Paulson, WanzekWanzek) AAN BILLACT for an Act to amendprovide andfor reenacta sectionslegislative 4.1-31-05.1management andstudy 19-02.1-12.1regarding of the Northregulation Dakota Century Code, relating to the labeling and misbranding of cell-cultured protein.

AMENDMENT.LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - REGULATION OF CELL-CULTURED PROTEIN.

SectionDuring 4.1-31-05.1the of2025-26 interim, the Northlegislative Dakotamanagement Centuryshall Codeconsider isstudying amendedcell-cultured protein and reenactedthe asstatus follows:of litigation in federal and state courts to prohibit cell-cultured protein.

4.1-31-05.1.The study must include the outcome of litigation in other states and an analysis of the regulatory landscape, stakeholder impact, and feasibility of adopting a prohibition on cell-cultured protein in the state.

MisrepresentationMisbrandingThe oflegislative cell-culturedmanagement proteinshall asreport meatits foodfindings productand prohibited.recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly.

1.H.

AB. person may not advertise, offer for sale, sell, or misrepresentmisbrand cell-cultured protein as a meat food product.

ANO. cell-cultured protein product:

a.1151 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ ____________________________ Speaker of the House President of the Senate ____________________________ ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No.

May1151. not be packaged in the same, or deceptively similar, packaging as a meat food product;

andHouse b.Vote:

MustYeas be84 labeledNays as10 aAbsent cell-cultured0 proteinSenate foodVote: productin compliance with the labeling requirements of the United States department of agriculture food safety and inspection service.

2.Yeas 46 Nays 1 Absent 0 ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Received by the Governor at ________M.

Foron purposes_____________________________________, of2025. this section, "deceptively:

a.Approved at ________M.

"Cell-culturedon protein"__________________________________________________, means2025. a food product developed in a labratory and grown from a sample of animal cells from a species regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act [21 U.S.C.

601____________________________ etGovernor seq.],Filed orin thethis Poultryoffice Productsthis Inspection___________day Actof [21_______________________________________, U.S.C.2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

451____________________________ etSecretary seq.].of State

b.

"Deceptively similar" means packaging that could mislead a reasonable person to believe the product is a meat food product.

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1 25.0487.02000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly SECTION 2.

AMENDMENT.

Section 19-02.1-12.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

19-02.1-12.1.

MisrepresentationMisbranding of cell-cultured protein as meat food product prohibited.

1.

A person may not advertise, offer for sale, sell, or misrepresentmisbrand cell-cultured protein as a meat food product.

A cell-cultured foodprotein product:

a.

May not be packaged in the same, or deceptively similar, packaging as a meat food product;

and b.

Must be labeled as a cell-cultured food productin compliance with the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act [Pub.

L.

89-755;

15 U.S.C.

1451 et seq.] and the labeling requirements of the food and drug administration.

2.

For purposes of this section, "deceptively similar" means packaging that could mislead a reasonable person to believe the product is a meat food product: