Senate Bill 415
By: Senators Dickerson of the 21st, Goodman of the 8th, Echols of the 49th, Watson of the
11th, Anderson of the 24th and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to advertising and sale of meat generally, so as to prohibit any person from
producing, selling, trading, distributing, or offering to produce, sell, trade, or distribute for
human consumption any lab-grown meat; to provide for definitions; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
advertising and sale of meat generally, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
<ins>"26-2-162.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Animal' means any animal, including, but not limited to, cattle, swine, sheep, goats,
fish, and poultry, including eggs. Such term shall include game animals, as defined in
Code Section 27-1-2.
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<ins>(2) 'Lab-grown meat' means any food product that is produced, wholly or in part, by
artificially growing the cell cultures of animal muscle or organ tissues.
(b) No person shall produce, sell, trade, distribute, or offer to produce, sell, trade, or
distribute for human consumption any lab-grown meat."
</ins> SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.