Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1155 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 568
3	3	By Pody
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1155
6	6	By Lynn
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9	9	HB1155
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39;
14	14	Title 40; Title 44; Title 47 and Title 53, relative to
15	15	cell-cultured food products.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 7, Part 2, is amended by
19	19	adding the following new section:
20	20	(a) As used in this section, "cell-cultured food product":
21	21	(1) Means a food product intended for use as human food that is
22	22	produced without slaughter by growing, in a controlled environment, cells
23	23	harvested from species amenable to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
24	24	§ 601 et seq.) or Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. § 451 et seq.), or
25	25	cells harvested from shellfish species or big game, game birds, or fish, as those
26	26	terms are defined in § 70-1-101; and
27	27	(2) Includes food or a food additive, as those terms are defined in § 53-1-
28	28	102, produced in the manner described in subdivision (a)(1) and used as an
29	29	ingredient or component in a food.
30	30	(b) A person shall not sell or distribute, or import for sale or distribution into this
31	31	state, cell-cultured food products.
32	32	(c)
33	33	(1)
34	34	(A) If the commissioner believes that a person is violating or has
35	35	violated subsection (b), then the commissioner must notify the person, in
36	36	writing, of the violation. The notice must include, at a minimum:
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41	41	(i) The information supporting a finding of the violation and
42	42	a statement that the person has ten (10) days following service of
43	43	the notice to submit a written request for a hearing or the
44	44	commissioner's findings become final; and
45	45	(ii) A stop sale order, if the finding becomes final in
46	46	accordance with subdivision (c)(1)(A)(i) or after a hearing held in
47	47	accordance with subdivision (c)(1)(B).
48	48	(B) A hearing held pursuant to subdivision (c)(1)(A)(i), and an
49	49	appeal from a final decision after a hearing, must be held in accordance
50	50	with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4,
51	51	chapter 5.
52	52	(d) If the commissioner finds that a person violated subsection (b), then:
53	53	(1) The person is subject to a fine of one million dollars ($1,000,000); and
54	54	(2) The commissioner may revoke the person's permit for a food
55	55	establishment if the person, or an employee of the person's food establishment,
56	56	is found to have violated subsection (b) in connection with the food
57	57	establishment.
58	58	(e) In addition to the penalties provided under subsection (d), a cell-cultured food
59	59	product that is imported, sold, or distributed in violation of subsection (b) is subject to
60	60	forfeiture pursuant to title 40, chapter 33, part 2.
61	61	SECTION 2. The department of agriculture shall promulgate rules to effectuate this act.
62	62	The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act,
63	63	compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
64	64	SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.