HB1425: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and animals.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Engrossed House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Lab grown meat labeling.

Legislators

Actions (20 total)

• Mar 25, 2025, 10:50 AM: Returned to the House with amendments
• Mar 24, 2025, 11:35 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 41, nays 6
• Mar 20, 2025, 10:35 AM: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
• Mar 20, 2025, 10:35 AM: Amendment #8 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote
• Mar 13, 2025, 6:42 AM: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• Mar 3, 2025, 8:52 AM: Committee report: do pass, adopted
• Feb 20, 2025, 4:14 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture
• Feb 14, 2025, 7:57 AM: Referred to the Senate
• Feb 13, 2025, 9:00 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 158: yeas 89, nays 0
• Feb 13, 2025, 8:59 AM: Senate sponsors: Senators Leising and Glick
• Feb 11, 2025, 9:57 AM: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
• Feb 11, 2025, 9:56 AM: Amendment #1 (Baird) prevailed; voice vote
• Feb 4, 2025, 9:05 AM: Representative Bauer added as coauthor
• Feb 3, 2025, 10:05 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 27, 2025, 12:02 PM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 27, 2025, 11:29 AM: Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary pursuant to House Rule 126.2
• Jan 27, 2025, 10:55 AM: Representative Moed added as coauthor
• Jan 27, 2025, 10:55 AM: Representative King added as coauthor
• Jan 13, 2025, 5:10 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Jan 13, 2025, 5:10 AM: Authored by Representative Baird

Digest

Requires the department of agriculture, board of animal health, and the Indiana department of health to conduct a study to determine the safety of cultivated meat products for human consumption. Establishes a one year moratorium on the sale of cultivated meat products in Indiana. Prohibits a person from intentionally misbranding a cultivated meat product as a meat product. Provides that the cultivated meat product is misbranded as a meat product if the cultivated meat product is: (1) advertised; (2) labeled; or (3) offered for sale or sold; in a manner that does not clearly indicate that it is a cultivated meat product or not in accordance with rules adopted by the board of animal health (BOAH). Requires BOAH to administer the chapter.