SD Ag Committee Takes Steps to Regulate Lab Grown Meat
February 21, 2025 | 1 min to read
South Dakota lawmakers advanced legislation to restrict lab-grown meat as the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee approved two bills. House Bill 1109, sponsored by Rep. John Sjaarda, aims to ban the sale and production of cell-cultured meat in the state, while House Bill 1118, authored by Rep. Jana Hunt, seeks to prohibit state funding for research or promotion of lab-grown meat products.
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota lawmakers moved closer to restricting lab-grown meat Tuesday, as a Senate committee approved two bills targeting the emerging food technology.
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted 4-3 to advance House Bill 1109, sponsored by Rep. John Sjaarda, R-Valley Springs. The measure would ban the sale and production of cell-cultured meat in South Dakota.
The committee also passed House Bill 1118, authored by Rep. Jana Hunt, R-Dupree, prohibiting state money from being used to research or promote lab-grown meat products.
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