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 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0015 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 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 LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b A BILL FOR HB0015LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015 LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015 LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Illinois Cultivated Meat Act. 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. 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. 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. 18 Section 20. Penalties. A person who knowingly violates 19 this Act commits a Class C misdemeanor. 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0015 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 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 LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b A BILL FOR New Act LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015 LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015- 2 -LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015 - 2 - LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015 - 2 - LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b HB0015 - 2 - LRB104 03356 BDA 13378 b