| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 44 2896 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 201 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Bell of the 75 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Hagan of the 156 |
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| 6 | 6 | | th |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Huddleston of the 72 |
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| 8 | 8 | | nd |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Stinson of |
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| 10 | 10 | | the 150 |
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| 11 | 11 | | th |
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| 12 | 12 | | , and Cox of the 28 |
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| 13 | 13 | | th |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | relating to advertising and sale of meat generally, so as to prohibit selling, offering for sale,2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | trading, or distributing lab-grown meat; to provide for definitions; to provide for related3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | advertising and sale of meat generally, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | follows:9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | "26-2-162. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) As used in this Code section, the term:11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) 'Animal' means any animal, including cattle, swine, sheep, goats, fish, and poultry,12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | including eggs, raised for the production of an edible product or products intended for13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | human consumption. Such term also includes game animals, as defined in Code Section14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 27-1-2.15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) 'Lab-grown meat' means cell cultured meat.16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | H. B. 201 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) 'Meat' means the flesh, offal, or other by-product of any part of the carcass of an17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | animal that has been slaughtered.18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute lab-grown19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | meat."20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2.21 |
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| 42 | 42 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.22 |
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| 43 | 43 | | H. B. 201 |
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| 44 | 44 | | - 2 - |
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