HB2139 • 2025

An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts.

Agriculture

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Sponsor: PICKETT
Last action: 2026-01-14
Official status: Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Jan. 14, 2026
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts.

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An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts.

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Bill History

2026-01-14 AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Jan. 14, 2026

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts.

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PRINTER'S NO. 2764
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2139
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, OWLETT, GLEIM, ZIMMERMAN, HAMM, KUZMA,
STENDER, STAMBAUGH, GREINER, M. MACKENZIE, KAUFFMAN, COOK,
PUGH, CAUSER, WALSH, KRUPA AND T. JONES, JANUARY 13, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JANUARY 14, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in food protection, further providing for
definitions and for prohibited acts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5722 of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 5722. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Cell-cultured protein." A product made for human
consumption that is:
(1) made wholly or in part from the cell culture or the
DNA of any animal, including any mammal, reptile, fish,
amphibian, bird or invertebrate; and
(2) grown or cultivated outside of the animal from which
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the cell culture or DNA was acquired.
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Section 2. Section 5723 of Title 3 is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
§ 5723. Prohibited acts.
The following acts are prohibited:
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(15) The manufacturing, selling, delivering for sale,
holding for sale or offering for sale of cell-cultured
protein.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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