South Dakota legislation · 101st Legislature (2026)
South Dakota HB1077: consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.
Status: Chaptered, March 30, 2026
What the bill says
An Act ENTITLED An Act to consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.
From the enrolled text, February 6, 2026:
An Act ENTITLED An Act to consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That § 39-4-2 be AMENDED: 39-4-2. For the purposes of this title, food is deemed to be adulterated: (1) If any substance has been mixed and packed with the food to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect the food's quality or strength; (2) If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the food; (3) If any valuable constituent of the food has been wholly or in part abstracted; (4) If the food is mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained to conceal damage or inferiority; (5) If the food contains any poisonous or otherwise deleterious ingredient, added or natural, which may render the food injurious to health, provided that when the food is being prepared for shipment, it is preserved by an external application applied so that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically, or by maceration in water, or otherwise before eating, and directions for the removal of the preservative are plainly and conspicuously printed on the label of the package, the provisions of this chapter are construed as applying only when the products are ready for consumption; (6) If it consists in whole or in part of: (a) A …
Sponsors
- Julie Auch (R, HD-018) · primary sponsor
- Bobbi Andera (R, HD-010)
- Aaron Aylward (R, HD-006)
- Heather Baxter (R, HD-034)
- John Carley (R, SD-029)
- Tamara Grove (R, SD-026)
- Joy Hohn (R, SD-009)
- Jana Hunt (R, HD-028)
- Travis Ismay (R, HD-028)
- Kevin Jensen (R, SD-016)
- Phil Jensen (R, 33)
- Dylan Jordan (R, HD-004)
Latest actions
- : Delivered veto sustained to the Secretary of State
- : Veto override
- : Vetoed by the Governor
- : Delivered to the Governor
- : Signed by the President
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : Do Pass
- : Do Pass
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : First read in Senate and referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources
Votes
- Do Pass (February 6, 2026): 18 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 3, 2026): 4 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 27, 2026): 9 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 27, 2026): 45 yea, 22 nay, passed
- Veto override (January 22, 2026): 32 yea, 32 nay, failed
Subjects: Food and Drugs, Meat and Meat Products
Common questions
- What is HB1077?
- HB1077 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (101st Legislature (2026)): consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.
- What does HB1077 do?
- In its own words: An Act ENTITLED An Act to consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.
- What is the status of HB1077?
- Chaptered as of March 30, 2026. Latest action: Delivered veto sustained to the Secretary of State (March 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1077?
- Julie Auch (R, HD-018), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1077?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26999
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