South Dakota Legislature considers cultivated-protein food products to be adulterated food under state law

Original title: consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.

Last action · March 30, 2026: Delivered veto sustained to the Secretary of StateSponsors: Julie Auch and 22 others

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What This Bill Proposed

South Dakota HB 1077 amends state food safety statutes to legally classify any as . The measure defines cultivated-protein food products as foods derived from manufactured cells grown from agricultural animal stem cells that mimic animal tissue.

Why it matters

The change alters the legal classification of lab-grown meat products in the state's food supply, impacting manufacturers and sellers by categorizing these goods under existing prohibitions.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Food manufacturers

Cultivated-protein food products produced or sold by these entities are legally classified as adulterated food.

Directly affected

Agricultural food animal producers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does the bill change existing South Dakota law?

It adds s to the statutory list of conditions that render food legally adulterated under state law.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Vetoed by the governor.

Procedural history

14 actions

Mar 30, 2026House
Delivered veto sustained to the Secretary of State
Mar 30, 2026House
Veto override
Feb 10, 2026House
Vetoed by the Governor
Feb 10, 2026HouseEnrolled
Delivered to the Governor
Feb 9, 2026Senate
Signed by the President
Feb 6, 2026House
Signed by the Speaker

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Feb 5, 2026SenateFloor
Do Pass
Feb 3, 2026SenateCommittee
Do Pass
Feb 3, 2026Senate
Scheduled for hearing
Jan 29, 2026SenateIntroduced
First read in Senate and referred to
Jan 28, 2026HouseFloor
Do Pass
Jan 27, 2026HouseCommittee
Do Pass
Jan 27, 2026House
Scheduled for hearing
Jan 16, 2026HouseIntroduced
First read in House and referred to

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