House Bill

HB 1602

Various food matters.

In plain English

Allows a person hit with a local health officer's enforcement action after a food establishment inspection to appeal to the local legislative body. Bars grocery stores from selling or distributing alternative meat products that are misbranded as meat. Requires food makers to label these products "THIS IS AN IMITATION MEAT PRODUCT," and adds rules on limited meat product sales.

Written by AI from the official digest below, and checked only by automated rules. If they differ, the official digest and bill text control.

Official digest

Provides that a recipient may appeal to the legislative body an enforcement action issued or taken by a local health officer under IC 16-20-1 in response to a food establishment inspection. Adds provisions concerning limited meat product sales. Prohibits a grocery store from selling, offering for sale, or distributing an alternative meat product misbranded as a meat product. Requires a food manufacturer to label alternative meat products as "THIS IS AN IMITATION MEAT PRODUCT".

Latest action: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture, March 3, 2025Full text and history at iga.in.gov

Authors and sponsors

Kendell Culp, Sue Glick, Daryl Schmitt, Gary Byrne

Co-authors and co-sponsors: Hunter Smith, Steve Bartels, Blake Doriot

Roll-call votes

1 recorded vote, oldest first. Third-reading votes decide whether a bill passes a chamber; amendment votes and procedural motions are listed too.

House · Feb 18, 2025

Third reading: vote to pass

Roll call text: HB 1602 - Culp - 3rd Reading

Passed

94 yes0 no6 did not vote

Republicans: 65 yes, 0 no, 5 did not voteDemocrats: 27 yes, 0 no, 1 did not voteIndependents: 1 yes, 0 noNot matched to a current member: 1 yes, 0 no

How each member voted

Yes (94)

Did not vote (6)

Source: Open States, compiled from the Indiana General Assembly's official roll calls. The official record at iga.in.gov controls. Spot an error? Let us know.