HB 61 Wyoming House · 2026 Regular Session

Cultivated meat-prohibition.

HB 61 prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated meat (meat grown from animal cells in a laboratory) for human consumption in Wyoming. The bill requires businesses to label cell-cultured products as "containing cell cultured product" and plant-based alternatives as "vegetarian," "vegan," or similar terms. It also allows health authorities to immediately suspend business licenses for establishments selling cultivated meat. The ban takes effect on July 1, 2026, with administrative provisions effective upon the bill's enactment.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2026 Last action Feb 23, 2026
Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2026

How they voted

4611
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 58
Feb 11, 2026
D Democratic6
3 Yea 3 Nay
50% Nay
R Republican52
43 Yea 8 Nay 1
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
lower
Feb 11, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (46-11-1)
house
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 49-12-1-0-0
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors