2025 Cottage Food Bills
Bill | Year | Type | Status | About |
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Connecticut SB 154 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow producers to sell their products at any farm store or cafe within a 20-mile radius of their home. |
Maryland SB 701 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow refrigerated baked goods (e.g. cheesecakes). |
Michigan HB 6131 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow online sales and in-state shipping, if certain requirements are met. Would increase the sales limit from $25,000 to $45,000 per year. Would increase the annual sales limit to $75,000 for producers of high-priced items ($250+/item). Would increase the sales limit each year to account for inflation. Would allow a producer to use a… [read more] |
Minnesota SF 391 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow all direct sales at local venues (currently limited to farmers markets and community events). Would allow shipping within the state. Would increase the sales limit from $78,000 to $85,000 per year. Would increase the exemption limit for sales from $5,000 to $8,500 per year. |
Minnesota SF 487 | 2025 | Micro Restaurant | In Progress | Would allow “microenterprise home kitchens” (AKA micro-restaurants) to sell ready-to-eat meals and food. |
Mississippi SB 2265 | 2025 | Cottage Food | Failed | Would have allowed the sale of fried pies and most types of acidified foods (e.g. salsas, sauces, etc). Would also have allowed homemade wine in certain cases. Would have increased the sales limit from $35,000 to $59,000 per year. Would have required cottage food operators to take a food safety training course. Would have added… [read more] |
New Hampshire HB 150 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow homestead food operations to use commercial kitchen equipment. |
New Hampshire HB 279 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would create a committee to review the approval process for recipes used in a homestead food operation. |
New Hampshire HB 304 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow producers to use an email address on labels instead of a physical address. Would allow producers to simplify labels in certain situations by using a QR code. |
New Hampshire HB 307 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow producers to use other parts of their home for food production, not just their home kitchen. |
New Hampshire HB 505 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow producers to sell freeze dried foods. |
North Dakota SB 2386 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would allow online sales and interstate shipping. |
Oklahoma HB 2152 | 2025 | Food Freedom | In Progress | Would raise the sales limit from $75,000 to $300,000 per year. Would allow unpasteurized milk to be sold, if certain requirements are met. |
Oklahoma SB 939 | 2025 | Food Freedom | In Progress | Would remove the annual sales limit (currently $75,000). Would allow indirect sales of perishable foods, if certain requirements are met. |
South Dakota HB 1179 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would add a provision for indirect sales. Would clarify certain labeling and sales requirements. |
Tennessee HB 130 | 2025 | Food Freedom | In Progress | Would allow perishable food products to be sold, if certain requirements are met. |
Texas HB 294 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would prevent homeowners’ associations from prohibiting cottage food operations. |
Texas SB 541 | 2025 | Cottage Food | In Progress | Would increase the sales limit from $50,000 to $100,000 per year. Would allow wholesale and indirect sales, provided that certain requirements are met. Would allow refrigerated baked goods (e.g. cheesecakes), as long as the producer adheres to certain requirements. Would allow producers to exclude their home address on labels, as long as they adhere to… [read more] |
Washington SB 5605 | 2025 | Micro Restaurant | In Progress | Would create a new law to allow “microenterprise home kitchen operations” (AKA micro-restaurants) to sell ready-to-eat meals and food. |
Wyoming SF 120 | 2025 | Food Freedom | In Progress | Would allow products with meat to be sold, if certain requirements are met. |