Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB0015 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0015 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 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. LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0015 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act 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. LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0015 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	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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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Illinois Cultivated Meat Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Finding and purpose. The General Assembly finds
17	17	7 that the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated
18	18	8 meat is a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the
19	19	9 people of the State of Illinois. It is the purpose of this Act
20	20	10 to prevent and prohibit the manufacture, sale, and
21	21	11 distribution of cultivated meat in the State of Illinois.
22	22	12 Section 10. Definition of cultivated meat. In this Act,
23	23	13 "cultivated meat" means any meat or food product produced from
24	24	14 cultured animal cells.
25	25	15 Section 15. Cultivated meat unlawful. It is unlawful for
26	26	16 any person to manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer for
27	27	17 sale, or distribute cultivated meat.
28	28	18 Section 20. Penalties. A person who knowingly violates
29	29	19 this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor.
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