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HB2762 • 2026

food products; labeling; cultivated cells

HB2762 - food products; labeling; cultivated cells

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Quang H Nguyen, Gail Griffin
Last action
2026-03-24
Official status
Senate minority caucus
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact effective date of the legislation is not specified in the provided official source material.

Labeling Requirements for Food Products from Cultivated Cells

HB2762 requires food products made from cultivated cells to have specific labels on their packaging.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires manufacturers, packagers, and retailers of food products derived from cultivated cells to label the product's packaging with 'cell-cultivated' or 'cell-cultured'.
  • Designates this legislation as the Andy Groseta Act.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Manufacturers, packagers, and retailers of food products made from cultivated cells.

Terms To Know

Cultivated Cells
Cells grown in a laboratory to produce food products.
Andy Groseta Act
The name given to this legislation by the sponsors.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the labeling requirements are not followed.
  • No fiscal impact is expected on the state General Fund from implementing this law.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Plain English: Amendment explanation prepared by VR Phone Number (602) 926-5848 vr 2/23/2026 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION Bill Number: HB 2762 Sandoval 1.

  • Amendment explanation prepared by VR Phone Number (602) 926-5848 vr 2/23/2026 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION Bill Number: HB 2762 Sandoval 1.
  • Modifies the required labeling language to state "Cell -cultivated" or "Cell - cultured" rather than "This food product is derived from cultivated cells." Floor Amendment Fifty-seventh Legislature Sandoval Second Regular Session H.B.
  • 2762 SANDOVAL FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
  • 2762 (Reference to printed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  2. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  3. 2026-03-23 Senate

    Senate consent calendar

  4. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Senate second read

  5. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  6. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Senate Natural Resources: DP

  7. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Senate first read

  8. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Transmitted to Senate

  9. 2026-02-24 House

    House third read passed

  10. 2026-02-23 House

    House committee of the whole

  11. 2026-02-03 House

    House minority caucus

  12. 2026-02-03 House

    House majority caucus

  13. 2026-02-02 House

    House consent calendar

  14. 2026-01-22 House

    House second read

  15. 2026-01-21 House

    House Rules: C&P

  16. 2026-01-21 House

    House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs: DP

  17. 2026-01-21 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2762 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2762

food products; labeling;
cultivated cells

Purpose

Prescribes the labeling requirements for a food product that is derived
from cultivated cells.

Background

The Department of Health Services (DHS) is responsible for administrating
public health support services, which include at a minimum: 1) consumer health
protection programs, that include at least the functions of community water
supplies, general sanitation, vector control and food and drugs; 2) epidemiology
and disease control programs; 3) laboratory services programs; 4) health
education and training programs; and 5) the disposition of human bodies
programs (‎
A.R.S.
� 36-104
).

A food is misbranded if: 1) its labeling is false or misleading; 2) it is
offered for sale under the name of another food with or without other
descriptive words, or under any name which is likely to be misleading; 3) its
container is made, formed or filled to be misleading; 4) it is in package form
unless it bears a label containing prescribed information relating to weight
and measures of the content and the manufacturer's name and business location;
5) any word, statement or other information required by or under the authority
of the statutes relating to food misbranding does not appear on the outside
container or wrapper, if any, of the retail package of the food, or is not
easily legible through the outside container or wrapper; 6) it is not a food, unless
it bears labeling clearly stating the common or usual name of the food, if any,
and if made from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each
ingredient; or 7) other statutorily prescribed conditions exist (‎
A.R.S.
� 36-906
).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact
to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires
the manufacturer, packager or retailer of
a food
product that is derived from cultivated cells
to place a label on the food
product's packaging that states
cell-cultivated
or
cell-cultured.

2.

Designates
this legislation as the
Andy Groseta Act.

3.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

House Action

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Prepared by Senate Research

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Current Bill Text

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HB2762 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

food products;
labeling; cultivated cells

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2762

AN
ACT

Amending title 36, chapter 8, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-917; relating to pure food
control.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 8, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-917, to read:

START_STATUTE
36-917.

Food products derived from cultivated cells; labeling

The manufacturer, packager or retailer of a food
product that is derived from cultivated cells shall place a label on the food
product's packaging that states:�
"cell-cultivated"
or "cell-cultured".
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Short title

This act may be cited as the
"Andy Groseta Act".