# Indiana HB 1425: Food matters.

Indiana HB 1425, Food matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Beau Baird (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1425
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Food matters.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Beau Baird (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: agriculture and rural development, the senate, agriculture
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (247 yes, 28 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

Establishes a two year moratorium on the sale of cultivated meat products in Indiana. Prohibits a person from 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 BOAH. Requires BOAH to administer the chapter.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Indiana temporarily bans cultivated meat sales: cost, low. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, Indiana bans selling, offering for sale, or making cultivated meat. This means animal protein grown in a facility from extracted animal stem cells, structured to copy conventional meat’s sensory and nutritional qualities. The rules cover individuals, compan…
- New cultivated meat labels inform shoppers: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2027, cultivated meat packages must say “THIS IS AN IMITATION MEAT PRODUCT.” Ads, labels, offers for sale, and sales must clearly identify cultivated meat or follow state board rules. The law prohibits misbranding, and the board must investigate complaints and adopt rules. These r…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Beau Baird (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jean Leising (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanna King (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Moed (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Maureen Bauer (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Susan Glick (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 43 | 7 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 74 | 15 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 41 | 6 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 89 | 0 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (House)
- 2025-05-06: Public Law 229 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 517: yeas 43, nays 7 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House)
- 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 541: yeas 74, nays 15 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Yoder (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Glick (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Motion to dissent filed (House)
- 2025-04-21: House dissented from Senate amendments (House)
- 2025-04-21: House conferees appointed: Baird and Moed (House)
- 2025-04-21: House advisors appointed: King, Aylesworth, Sweet, Bauer and Pfaff (House)
- 2025-03-25: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 41, nays 6 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Amendment #8 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Referred to the Senate (House)
- 2025-02-13: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 158: yeas 89, nays 0 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Senate sponsors: Senators Leising and Glick (House)
- 2025-02-11: Amendment #1 (Baird) prevailed; voice vote (House)
- 2025-02-11: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House)
- 2025-02-04: Representative Bauer added as coauthor (House)
- 2025-02-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-01-27: Representative Moed added as coauthor (House)
- 2025-01-27: Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary pursuant to House Rule 126.2 (House)
- 2025-01-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House)
- 2025-01-27: Representative King added as coauthor (House)
- 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (House)
- 2025-01-13: Authored by Representative Baird (House)

## Bill text

- Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.06.ENGS?format=pdf)
- Engrossed House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.04.ENGH?format=pdf)
- Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.07.ENRS?format=pdf)
- House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.03.COMH?format=pdf)
- House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.05.COMS?format=pdf)
- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.06.ENGS?format=pdf)
- [Engrossed House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.04.ENGH?format=pdf)
- [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.07.ENRS?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.02.COMH?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.03.COMH?format=pdf)
- [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.05.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1425/versions/HB1425.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1425-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).