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3	3		SB23
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5	5		By Senator Williams
6	6		RFD: Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
7	7		First Read: 06-Feb-24
8	8		PFD: 01-Feb-24
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14		-	6 SB23 ~~Enrolled~~
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17		-	Enrolled, An Act,
	17	+	A BILL
	18	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	19	+	AN ACT
18	20		Relating to food products; to prohibit the manufacture,
19	21		sale, or distribution of food products made from cultured
20	22		animal cells in this state; to provide penalties for
21	23		violations; and in connection therewith would have as its
22	24		purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
23	25		expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section
24	26		111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
25	27		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
26	28		Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
27	29		term "cultivated food product" means any food product produced
28	30		from cultured animal cells.
29	31		(b)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to
30	32		manufacture, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute any
31	33		cultivated food product in this state.
32	34		(2) A violation of this subsection is a Class C
33	35		misdemeanor.
34	36		(c)(1) A food sales establishment, as defined in
35	37		Section 20-1-20, Code of Alabama 1975, that sells or
36	38		distributes cultivated food products in violation of
37		-	subsection (b) shall be subject to disciplinary action
38		-	pursuant to Section 20-1-34, Code of Alabama 1975.
39		-	(2) The food safety permit of a food sales
40		-	establishment may be suspended or revoked as provided in
41		-	Section 20-1-33, Code of Alabama 1975, upon the conviction of
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	68	+	distributes cultivated food products in violation of
	69	+	subsection (b) shall be subject to disciplinary action
	70	+	pursuant to Section 20-1-34, Code of Alabama 1975.
	71	+	(2) The food safety permit of a food sales
	72	+	establishment may be suspended or revoked as provided in
71	73		Section 20-1-33, Code of Alabama 1975, upon the conviction of
72	74		an owner or an employee of the establishment for a violation
73	75		of subsection (b) in connection with the establishment.
74	76		(d)(1) A food establishment, as defined by rule of the
75	77		Department of Public Health, that sells or distributes
76	78		cultivated food products in violation of subsection (b) shall
77	79		be subject to all enforcement measures as provided by rule of
78	80		the Department of Public Health.
79	81		(2) The permit of a food establishment may be suspended
80	82		or revoked as provided by rule of the Department of Public
81	83		Health upon the conviction of an owner or an employee of the
82	84		establishment for a violation of subsection (b) in connection
83	85		with the establishment.
84	86		(e) The Department of Agriculture and Industries and
85	87		the Department of Public Health may adopt rules as necessary
86	88		to implement this section.
87		-	(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as
88		-	preventing any federal, state, or local governmental entity or
89		-	institution of higher education, or a person that is partnered
90		-	with a governmental entity or institution of higher education
91		-	as evidenced by a formal agreement, from conducting research
92		-	in this state regarding the production of cultivated food
93		-	products.
94	89		Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
95	90		or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
96	91		local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
97	92		and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
98	93		Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
99	94		amends the definition of an existing crime.
	95	+	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
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130		-	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
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136		-	________________________________________________
137		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
138		-	________________________________________________
139		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
140		-	SB23
141		-	Senate 15-Feb-24
142		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
143		-	the Senate, as amended.
	127	+	Senate
	128	+	Read for the first time and referred
	129	+	to the Senate committee on
	130	+	Agriculture, Conservation, and
	131	+	Forestry
	132	+	................06-Feb-24
	133	+	Read for the second time and placed
	134	+	on the calendar:
	135	+	0 amendments
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	137	+	Read for the third time and passed
	138	+	as amended
	139	+	Yeas 32
	140	+	Nays 0
	141	+	Abstains 0
	142	+	................15-Feb-24
144	143		Patrick Harris,
145	144		Secretary.
146		-	House of Representatives
147		-	Amended and passed: 25-Apr-24
148		-	Senate concurred in House amendment 30-Apr-24
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