HB717 • 2026

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides relative to labeling requirements for cell cultured food products

Agriculture Technology

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Rodney Schamerhorn
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 565
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about enforcement mechanisms or penalties, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Labeling Requirements for Lab-Grown Food

This act requires food products made using cell culture technology to have clear labels that identify them as such.

What This Bill Does

Requires companies selling lab-grown meat and other similar foods to put a label on the product.
The label must clearly state what part of the product is grown in a laboratory, not from an animal or plant.
The label needs to be easy to read with bold letters that are at least 30 points in size.

Who It Names or Affects

Companies that sell lab-grown food products
Consumers who buy these products

Terms To Know

Cell cultured food product: Food made by growing cells in a laboratory instead of from animals or plants.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify what exact wording the label must use, only that it needs to be clear and easy to read.
It is unclear how strictly this law will be enforced or what penalties there might be for non-compliance.

Amendments

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

House Committee Amendment #3455 AGRI Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB717 4573 3455 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB717 4573 3455 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development to Original House Bill No.
717 by Representative Schamerhorn 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" and before the comma "," delete "R.S.
3:4744(A)" and 3 insert "R.S.

House Committee Amendment #3393 AGRI Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB717 4573 3393 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB717 4573 3393 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development to Original House Bill No.
717 by Representative Schamerhorn 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "reenact" and before the comma "," delete "R.S.
3:4744(A)" and 3 insert "R.S.

Bill History

2026-05-29 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-29 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 565.
2026-05-26 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-25 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-25 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-25 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-21 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-14 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-13 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-12 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-20 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-04-15 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-14 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-13 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-09 H
Reported with amendments (13-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides relative to labeling requirements for cell cultured food products

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 5652026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 717
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAMERHORN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:4744(Section heading) and (A), relative to the labeling of cell
3 cultured food products; to require cell cultured food products contain a disclosure
4 identifying the product in a clear and conspicuous manner; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 3:4744(Section heading) and (A) are hereby amended and reenacted
8 to read as follows:
9 §4744. Applicability; prohibited activities; labeling
10 A.(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply only to a person that places a
11 label on a food product as defined in R.S. 3:4743.
12 (2) Any cell cultured food product shall bear a clear and conspicuous
13 disclosure identifying the product in a bold typed print of not less than thirty-point
14 font.
15 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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