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HB518 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Agriculture, to provide that lab grown meat may not be labeled for sale as "meat" or a "meat product", Sec. 2-17-10 am'd.
Description

Existing law provides standards for the labeling and packaging of meat and meat food products.

This bill would provide that a food product containing cultured animal tissue that is produced from animal cell cultures and not derived directly from an animal may not be labeled as either meat or a meat food product.

Subjects
Agriculture

Bill Actions

H

Forwarded to Governor on May 23, 2019 at 12:41 p.m. on May 23, 2019.

H

Assigned Act No. 2019-310.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

H

Enrolled

S

Signature Requested

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1076

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 708

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 14, 2019 House Passed
Yes 97
No 2
Abstained 1
Absent 4

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature