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Committee considers bill to ban sale of lab-grown meat in Oklahoma; sponsor says research not restricted
Summary
Representative Burns presented HB2829, described as a ban on lab-grown meat sales in Oklahoma while not restricting university research; the committee considered the bill and proceeded to a vote during the hearing.
Representative Burns presented HB2829 and described it as a bill that would ban the sale of lab-grown meat in Oklahoma but would not restrict research at universities. "This 1 goes to the full band. It does not restrict any of the research being done at the universities or anything on this lab grown meat, but it just bans it from the state of Oklahoma," Burns said.
There was little recorded debate on the floor; the chair opened the vote after members indicated no questions. The transcript records members voting, discussion of a procedural matter about bill numbering and committee assignment, and the chair asking whether any member wished to change their vote. The transcript does not contain an explicit roll-call tally for HB2829 in the excerpt provided.
The sponsor characterized the bill as targeted at banning sale or distribution in-state while preserving university research, and the committee completed its consideration on the same day, moving on to subsequent agenda items.
