Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB309: AN ACT relating to cultured meat products.
Status: In committee, April 15, 2026
Amend KRS 217.035 to remove meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue from the list of foods deemed misbranded; amend KRS 217.175 to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or exchange of meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue.
What the bill says
An act relating to cultured meat products.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to cultured meat products. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 217.035 is amended to read as follows: A food shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular or its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of KRS 217.037; (2) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food; (3) If it is an imitation of another food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed by regulations as provided by KRS 217.135; or if it is an imitation of another food that is not subject to subsection (7) of this section, unless its label bears in type of uniform size and prominence, the word, imitation, and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated; (4) If its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading; (5) If in package form, unless it bears a label and (b) An accurate statement of the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count, which statement shall be separately and accurately stated in a uniform location upon the principal display panel of the label; provided that reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small …
Sponsors
- Ryan Dotson (R, HD-073) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Agriculture (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Consumer Protection, Animals, Livestock, And Poultry, Trade Practices And Retailing, Local Mandate, Corrections Impact, Foods And Beverages, Agriculture
Common questions
- What is HB309?
- HB309 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to cultured meat products.
- What does HB309 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to cultured meat products.
- What is the status of HB309?
- In committee as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB309?
- Ryan Dotson (R, HD-073).
- Where is the official record for HB309?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb309.html
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