Luna-Costa Amend to Farm Bill and Remove Section 12006

The Luna-Costa Amendment, from Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Jim Costa, would allow states to restrict the cruel confinement of farmed animals. This amendment would remove Section 12006 of the Farm Bill, which is nearly identical to that of the Save Our Bacon Act, and would prevent states from forbid the sale of meat derived from certain farmed animals confined in cruel conditions.

 

By removing Section 12006, the Luna-Costa Amendment would help protect farmed animals from inhumane confinement where they cannot move or lay down. This amendment would uphold California's Prop 12, which prohibited cruel confinement of farmed animals, and would allow other states to pass similar laws that ensure farmed animals are not cruelly confined.

 

In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12 (Prop. 12) to require better confinement-standards for certain farmed animals. Prop. 12 amended the California Health and Safety Code to prohibit the sale of meat from a "calf raised for veal, breeding pig, or egg-laying hen" . . . confined in a cruel manner." Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25990; Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25991(f). The law defines cruel confinement as that which prevents the animal from "lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely at any time" Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25991(e)(1). The Luna-Costa Amendment would allow states to enforce requirements like this.

 

In 2025, Rep. Ashley Hinson introduced the Save Our Bacon Act, H.R. 4673, seeking to prohibit any state from requiring out-of-state meat producers to ensure farmed animals are not cruelly confined.

 

In another attempt to pass the bill, in 2026, Rep. Glenn Thompson introduced the new Farm Bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, H.R. 7567, which included Section 12006, containing nearly identical language as the Save Our Bacon Act: he effectively embedded the Save Our Bacon Act within the Farm Bill. Section 12006 of the Farm Bill would also prohibit any state from requiring out-of-state meat producers to ensure farmed animals are not cruelly confined.

 

The Luna-Costa Amendment to the Farm Bill would remove Section 12006. So, the Luna-Costa Amendment to the Farm Bill would preserve the right for states to prohibit the cruel confinement of farmed animals.

 

To help, you can contact your federal legislators and tell them to Support the Luna-Costa Amendment to the Farm Bill.