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Prohibiting the use of a synthetic biological process to manufacture a food product, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Making lab-grown food from plants or animals at a molecular level to sell to the public would become a crime. This law applies to anyone who manufactures these synthetic products or works with others to plan their production. People convicted of this offense could face fines or up to one year in jail.1
Read the official explanation
This bill creates the criminal offense “manufacture of a synthetic food product”. A person commits the offense by intentionally manufacturing a synthetic food product for sale to the public or intentionally acting with, entering into a common scheme or design with, or conspiring with one or more other persons to manufacture a synthetic food product for sale to the public. A synthetic food product is a version of an animal or plant part manufactured at the molecular level, if the animal or plant part could not have been produced in the same manner in a noncontrolled environment or by using historical agricultural or horticultural practices. A person who commits the offense is guilty of a series misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.