l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 793

Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Agriculture Committee on March 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-35-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS A PROVISION OF THE "MISSISSIPPI MEAT INSPECTION LAW OF 1968," TO PROVIDE THAT ANY FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING CELL-CULTURED ANIMAL TISSUE OR PLANT-BASED OR INSECT-BASED FOOD PRODUCT SHALL NOT BE LABELED AS MEAT OR AS A MEAT PRODUCT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

48 co-sponsors

Shane Aguirre, Otis Anthony, Shane Barnett, Christopher M. Bell, Chris Brown, Cedric Burnett, Larry Byrd, Lester Carpenter, Alyce G. Clarke, Carolyn Crawford, Kevin Ford, Karl Gibbs, Jeff Hale, Gregory Holloway, Sr., Mac Huddleston, Lataisha Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kabir Karriem, Bill Kinkade, Timmy Ladner, Vince Mangold, Doug McLeod, Roun McNeal, Carl Mickens, Ken Morgan, Karl Oliver, Brent Powell, Rob Roberson, Margaret Rogers, Randy Rushing, Noah Sanford, Fred Shanks, William Shirley, Gary V. Staples, Jody Steverson, Preston E. Sullivan, Kathy Sykes, Mark Tullos, Jerry R. Turner, Price Wallace, Jason White, John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III, Kenneth Walker, Deborah Butler Dixon, Manly Barton, Ray Rogers, Dan Eubanks, Tom Miles

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Jan 232 days

AgricultureJan 21 to Jan 221 day

In the SenateJan 23 to Mar 5 · stopped41 days

AgricultureFeb 25 to Mar 5 · stopped8 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 21 – Jan 23

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
  2. Jan 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 23Passed the House

In the Senate Jan 24 – Mar 5

  1. Jan 24Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 25Referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 22Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 23PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 24Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 25Referred To AgricultureSenate
  6. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate