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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5872 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Creates the Illinois Cultivated Meat Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute cultivated meat. Provides that a person who knowingly violates this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor. Allows for rulemaking by the Department of Agriculture. Makes a finding and states the purpose. Defines cultivated meat. | |
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| | HB5872 | | LRB103 40565 BDA 73142 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Illinois Cultivated Meat Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Finding and purpose. The General Assembly finds |
| 7 | | that the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated |
| 8 | | meat is a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the |
| 9 | | people of the State of Illinois. It is the purpose of this Act |
| 10 | | to prevent and prohibit the manufacture, sale, and |
| 11 | | distribution of cultivated meat in the State of Illinois.
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| 12 | | Section 10. Definition of cultivated meat. In this Act, |
| 13 | | "cultivated meat" means any meat or food product produced from |
| 14 | | cultured animal cells.
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| 15 | | Section 15. Cultivated meat unlawful. It is unlawful for |
| 16 | | any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for |
| 17 | | sale, or distribute cultivated meat.
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| 18 | | Section 20. Penalties. A person who knowingly violates |
| 19 | | this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor.
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