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LouisianaSB 1522026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

FOOD SAFETY: Prohibits certain actions with respect to cell cultured food products for human consumption. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Health and Welfare

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Louisiana limits lab-grown food sales

The law makes its rules effective only after a final U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cell-cultured food bans are constitutional. It bans making, distributing, selling, or offering these products for people to eat in Louisiana. The ban covers animal tissue grown from cell cultures outside the animal. Accredited Louisiana colleges and universities remain free to research these products. Violations of the law or its rules carry civil penalties up to $500 each; each day counts separately. The commissioner must hold a hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act before imposing penalties and can charge proportionate hearing costs. The commissioner can ask the district court in the parish where the violation occurred to enforce rulings or stop violations. The commissioner can also adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

  • John E. Wyble

    Republican • House

  • Kimberly Landry Coates

    Republican • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • Rodney Schamerhorn

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 113 • No: 28

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 19. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 74 • No: 19

House vote • 5/19/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/20/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 27 • No: 9

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 742.

    6/1/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    6/1/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/29/2026Senate

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 19. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/26/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/26/2026Senate

  8. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/25/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/20/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/19/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    4/22/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/21/2026House

  14. Called from the Calendar.

    4/20/2026Senate

  15. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/20/2026Senate

  16. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    3/30/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate

  18. Reported with amendments.

    3/18/2026Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    3/9/2026Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    2/25/2026Senate

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