Public health and safety; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, hold or offer for sale, or distribution of cultivated meat; violation. Effective date.

Changed the term 'cell-cultured meat' to 'cell-cultured food product' in the statutory definitions to reflect broader industry terminology.

Added a new definition for 'insect-protein food product' covering food products with sensory attributes resembling animal tissue but derived from insect parts.

Updated disclosure requirements to specify that products must be disclosed as 'cell-cultured food product' rather than 'cell-cultured meat'.

The effective date of November 1, 2025 remains unchanged.

The State Board of Agriculture retains authority to promulgate rules for enforcement.

Title formatting changed from 'FOR ENGROSSED' to 'FOR' and bill number format adjusted from 'SENATE BILL NO. 96' to 'SENATE BILL 96'.

Page numbering and requirement numbers were updated from Req. No. 13542 to Req. No. 1741, indicating a new document version.

Date stamp changed from 04/16/25 to 2/24/2025, reflecting a different revision date.

Document header changed from 'ENGROSSED SENATE' to 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ENGROSSED SENATE BILL' with updated legislative session information.

Page numbering and reference numbers were updated to reflect the House Committee Substitute version format.

Minor formatting adjustments to spacing and line breaks throughout the document.

Title was changed from a generic description to a more specific one that better describes the bill's provisions regarding cultivated meat regulation.

House author changed from Representative Bashore to Representative Burns.

Senate coauthor Deevers was added to the bill.

Bill structure was reorganized with sections renumbered and content consolidated.

Enforcement authority changed from the State Board of Agriculture to the State Department of Health, which now has rulemaking authority to implement the law.

Added a new definition for 'insect-protein food product' to clarify what products are excluded from the cultivated meat ban.

The bill was reorganized with new section numbering and structure, including a new Section 1 establishing the law and Section 2 setting the effective date of November 1, 2025.

Added exemptions for federal, state, or local governmental entities and institutions of higher education to conduct research on cultivated meat production.

Updated authorship information to remove Representative Bashore and add Representative Burns as the principal House author, and added Senate coauthor Deevers.