SB 1577 — Provides that a manufactured-protein food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from meat is misbranded unless the food product label contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from meat.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: The Act says that foods made with plant-based, insect-based or lab-grown proteins are misbranded if their labels imply that they are made of meat or eggs. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5). Provides that a manufactured-protein food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from meat is misbranded unless the food product label contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from meat. Provides that a fabricated-egg food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from eggs is misbranded unless the food product label contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from eggs.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Nash, Todd (R, OR-29) — sponsor
- Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — sponsor
- Skarlatos, Alek (R, OR-4) — sponsor
- Drazan, Christine (R, OR-26) — cosponsor
- Prozanski, Floyd (D, OR-4) — cosponsor
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, OR-52) — cosponsor
- Javadi, Cyrus (D, OR-32) — cosponsor
- Levy, Bobby (R, OR-58) — cosponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
- Rieke Smith, Sue (D, OR-26) — cosponsor
- Smith, Gregory (R, OR-57) — cosponsor
- Wright, Boomer (R, OR-9) — cosponsor
- Yunker, Dwayne (R, OR-3) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Commerce and General Government.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — In committee upon adjournment.
Text versions
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nash, Todd (R, state_upper OR-29) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Owens, Mark (R, state_lower OR-60) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Skarlatos, Alek (R, state_lower OR-4) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Drazan, Christine (R, state_upper OR-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, state_lower OR-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Javadi, Cyrus (D, state_lower OR-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Levy, Bobby (R, state_lower OR-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Prozanski, Floyd (D, state_upper OR-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rieke Smith, Sue (D, state_lower OR-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Smith, Gregory (R, state_lower OR-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Weber, Suzanne (R, state_upper OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Wright, Boomer (R, state_lower OR-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Yunker, Dwayne (R, state_lower OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no