South Dakota will classify lab-grown meat (cultivated protein) as adulterated food, meaning it cannot be legally sold or distributed in the state. This change adds cultivated-protein products to the existing list of substances that violate South Dakota's food purity standards, effectively banning their sale alongside other prohibited foods.
This amendment modernizes the statutory language of South Dakota's food adulteration law by replacing archaic phrasing (such as "shall be" with "is" and outdated pronouns) while substantively adding a new provision that classifies cultivated-protein food products—lab-grown meat created from animal cells—as adulterated food, thereby banning them from sale in South Dakota. The change STRENGTHENS the bill's regulatory purpose by converting general cleanup edits into a vehicle for adding a specific prohibition on cell-cultured meat products.
House of Representatives Delivered veto sustained to the Secretary of State H.J. 583
House of Representatives Veto override Failed, YEAS 32, NAYS 32. H.J. 581
House of Representatives Vetoed by the Governor H.J. 270
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 271
Signed by the President S.J. 223
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 251
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 16. S.J. 202
Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. S.J. 9
Agriculture and Natural Resources Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 143
House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, YEAS 45, NAYS 22. H.J. 168
Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3. H.J. 8
Agriculture and Natural Resources Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 42
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Agriculture and Natural Resources — Do Pass
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Agriculture and Natural Resources — Do Pass