SB23ENROLLED
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SB23
8XSXHFH-2
By Senator Williams
RFD: Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
First Read: 06-Feb-24
PFD: 01-Feb-24
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PFD: 01-Feb-24
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to food products; to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, or distribution of food products made from cultured
animal cells in this state; to provide penalties for
violations; and in connection therewith would have as its
purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section
111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
term "cultivated food product" means any food product produced
from cultured animal cells.
(b)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to
manufacture, sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute any
cultivated food product in this state.
(2) A violation of this subsection is a Class C
misdemeanor.
(c)(1) A food sales establishment, as defined in
Section 20-1-20, Code of Alabama 1975, that sells or
distributes cultivated food products in violation of
subsection (b) shall be subject to disciplinary action
pursuant to Section 20-1-34, Code of Alabama 1975.
(2) The food safety permit of a food sales
establishment may be suspended or revoked as provided in
Section 20-1-33, Code of Alabama 1975, upon the conviction of
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Section 20-1-33, Code of Alabama 1975, upon the conviction of
an owner or an employee of the establishment for a violation
of subsection (b) in connection with the establishment.
(d)(1) A food establishment, as defined by rule of the
Department of Public Health, that sells or distributes
cultivated food products in violation of subsection (b) shall
be subject to all enforcement measures as provided by rule of
the Department of Public Health.
(2) The permit of a food establishment may be suspended
or revoked as provided by rule of the Department of Public
Health upon the conviction of an owner or an employee of the
establishment for a violation of subsection (b) in connection
with the establishment.
(e) The Department of Agriculture and Industries and
the Department of Public Health may adopt rules as necessary
to implement this section.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as
preventing any federal, state, or local governmental entity or
institution of higher education, or a person that is partnered
with a governmental entity or institution of higher education
as evidenced by a formal agreement, from conducting research
in this state regarding the production of cultivated food
products.
Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
amends the definition of an existing crime.
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amends the definition of an existing crime.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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1, 2024.
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
SB23
Senate 15-Feb-24
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
the Senate, as amended.
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
House of Representatives
Amended and passed: 25-Apr-24
Senate concurred in House amendment 30-Apr-24
By: Senator Williams
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