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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 2116 By: Murdock
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to public health and safety; defining
7 term; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, hold or
8 offer for sale, or distribution of cultivated meat;
8 providing punishment for violation; providing for
9 revocation of certain licenses for violation;
9 providing the State Department of Health certain
10 rulemaking authority; construing provisions; amending
10 Section 1, Chapter 88, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp.
11 2025, Section 1-1160), which relates to false
11 advertising of food; modifying definitions; updating
12 statutory references; updating statutory language;
12 providing for codification; and providing an
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1159 of Title 63, unless there
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19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. For the purposes of this section, the term "cultivated meat"
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21 means a meat or meat product that was produced from cultured animal
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22 tissue produced from in vitro animal cell cultures outside of the
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23 animal from which the cells were derived.
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1 B. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture,
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2 sell, hold or offer for sale, or distribute any cultivated meat
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3 product in this state.
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4 2. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection
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5 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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6 C. 1. A seller of food under Sections 1-1118, 1-1118.1, and 1-
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7 1119 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes that sells or distributes
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8 cultivated meat products in violation of subsection B of this
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9 section shall be subject to all enforcement measures as provided by
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10 rule of the State Department of Health.
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11 2. The license of a seller of food may be suspended or revoked,
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12 as provided by rule of the State Department of Health, upon the
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13 conviction of an owner or an employee of the licensed seller of food
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14 for a violation of subsection B of this section.
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15 D. The State Department of Health may adopt rules as necessary
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16 to implement this section.
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17 E. Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any
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18 federal, state, or local governmental entity or institution of
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19 higher education, or a person that is partnered with a governmental
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20 entity or institution of higher education as evidenced by a formal
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21 agreement, from conducting research in this state regarding the
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22 production of cultivated meat products.
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23 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 88, O.S.L. 2025
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24 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-1160), is amended to read as follows:
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1 Section 1-1160. A. As used in this act section:
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2 1. "Agricultural food animal" means any domesticated animal
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3 belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species, or any
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4 domesticated chicken or turkey;
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5 2. "Cultivated-protein food product" means a food product
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6 having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue
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7 originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of
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8 being derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing
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9 cells or nonanimal sources, including processes in which one or more
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10 stem cells are initially isolated from an agricultural food animal,
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11 are grown in vitro, and may be manipulated, as part of a
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12 manufacturing operation;
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13 3. "Identifying meat term" means any word or phrase that
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14 states, indicates, suggests, or describes a meat product and
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16 a. common name for the species of the agricultural food
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17 animal subject to slaughter and processing, including
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18 calf, chicken, cow, goat, hog, kid, lamb, pig,
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19 poultry, sheep, or turkey,
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20 b. any characteristic of a species of the agricultural
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21 food animal subject to slaughter and processing,
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22 including beef, broiler, cabrito, chevon, fryer, lamb,
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23 mutton, pork, poulet, veal, or yearling, and
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1 c. common name used to describe a major cut of a meat of
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2 an agricultural food animal slaughtered and processed,
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3 including a major meat cut or any other common name
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4 that a reasonable purchaser would immediately and
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5 exclusively associate with a meat product prepared for
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6 sale in normal commercial channels, including bacon,
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7 bologna, bone, brat, bratwurst, brisket, burger, butt,
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8 chop, chuck, cold cut, cutlet, filet, flat iron,
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9 frank, frankfurter, ham, hamburger, hock, hot dog,
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10 jerky, liverwurst, loin, London broil, lunch meat, New
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11 York strip, pepperoni, porterhouse, rib, ribeye,
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12 roast, salami, sausage, shank, sirloin, sparerib,
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13 tenderloin, or any comparable word or phrase;
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14 4. 3. "Insect-protein food product" means a food product having
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15 one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue
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16 originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of
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17 being derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing
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18 insect parts;
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19 5. 4. "Manufactured-protein food product" means a cultivated
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20 protein food product, an insect-protein food product, or plant-
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21 protein food product containing more than a trace amount of plant-
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22 protein food products;
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23 6. 5. "Plant-protein food product" means a food product having
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1 in a species of agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of being
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2 derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing plant
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3 parts; and
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4 7. 6. "Qualifying term" means a word, compound word, or phrase
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5 that would clearly disclose to a reasonable purchaser of meat
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6 products that a food product is not a meat product including cell-
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7 cultivated, cell-cultured, fake, grown in a lab, imitation, insect,
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8 insect-based, insect protein, lab-created, lab-grown, meat-free,
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9 meatless, plant, plant-based, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian, veggie,
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10 or any comparable word or phrase.
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11 B. No person shall falsely advertise or misbrand any food or
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12 distribute, offer for sale, or sell any misbranded food.
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13 C. A food shall be deemed to be falsely advertised or
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14 misbranded if:
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15 1. For any manufactured-protein food product that is labeled
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16 with an identifying meat term, such manufactured-protein food
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17 product is not labeled with a conspicuous and prominent qualifying
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18 term in close proximity to the identifying meat term; or
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19 2. For any manufactured-protein food product that is labeled
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20 with an identifying meat term and offered for sale at a food
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21 establishment, such manufactured-protein food product is not labeled
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22 in a manner that is clearly and distinctly separate from any product
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23 that is made from tissue originating from any agricultural food
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1 D. A manufactured-protein food product is falsely advertised or
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2 misbranded if:
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3 1. All labeling or advertising for such manufactured-protein
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4 food product that lists an identifying meat term does not include a
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5 conspicuous and prominent qualifying term in close proximity to the
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6 identifying meat term; or
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7 2. For any manufactured-protein food product that is offered
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8 for sale at a food establishment, such manufactured-protein food
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9 product is not stored in a manner that:
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10 a. keeps such product separate from tissue originating
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11 from agricultural food animals, and
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12 b. uses distinctive shelf tags or other posted
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13 representations to identify and distinguish such
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14 manufactured-protein food product from tissue
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15 originating from agricultural food animals.
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16 E. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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17 shall investigate all credible complaints that food products are
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18 falsely advertised or misbranded as meat products.
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19 F. Any person who violates the provisions of this act section
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20 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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21 G. A manufacturer of food under Sections 1-1118, 1-1118.1, and
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22 1-1119 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title that violates
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1 provided by rule of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
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2 and Forestry.
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3 H. The Department State Board of Agriculture, Food, and
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4 Forestry may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
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5 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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