Eastern Plains lawmakers want to prohibit ‘cultivated’ meat in Colorado
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
A pair of Eastern Plains lawmakers want to ensure when Coloradans eat hamburger, it was grown on the hoof and not in a lab.
House Bill 25-1064, sponsored by Rep. Ty Winter, R-Las Animas, and Sen. Rod Pelton, R-Cheyenne Wells, would prohibit the selling, manufacture or distribution of cultivated meat products.
The bill will be heard at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, in the House's Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Committee, in a session which could be lengthy. Preceding HB25-1064 on the agenda are HB25-1034 to change the dangerous dog statute in Colorado, and HB25-1074 to repeal the 2020 legislation which gave Colorado cage-free eggs. It is scheduled to be the sixth bill heard.
Winter, who represents nine counties in Southeast Colorad...
