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House File 2056

Partial Bill History

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  1  1                           DIVISION XV
  1  2               HUMAN SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER
  1  3    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.121  USE OF GENERAL FUND OF
  1  4 THE STATE – IMPLANTATION OF PRODUCT OF HUMAN SOMATIC CELL
  1  5 NUCLEAR TRANSFER IN WOMAN'S UTERUS – PROHIBITION – CIVIL
  1  6 PENALTY.
  1  7    1.  A person shall not use moneys from the general fund of
  1  8 the state to implant or attempt to implant the product of
  1  9 human somatic cell nuclear transfer into a woman's uterus.
  1 10    2.  This section does not prohibit the use of moneys from
  1 11 the general fund of the state for scientific research or cell-
  1 12 based therapies not specifically prohibited.
  1 13    3.  For the purposes of this section:
  1 14    a.  "Human somatic cell" means a cell of a developing or
  1 15 fully developed human that is not and will not become a sperm
  1 16 or egg cell.
  1 17    b.  "Human somatic cell nuclear transfer" means
  1 18 transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an egg
  1 19 cell from which the nucleus has been removed or rendered
  1 20 inert.
  1 21    4.  A person who violates this section is subject to a
  1 22 civil penalty in the amount of the expenditure of moneys from
  1 23 the general fund of the state used in violation of this
  1 24 section.  
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill prohibits the use of moneys from the general fund
  1 27 of the state to implant or attempt to implant the product of
  1 28 human somatic cell nuclear transfer into a woman's uterus.
  1 29 The bill defines "human somatic cell nuclear transfer" and
  1 30 exempts from the prohibited use of state general funds,
  1 31 scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically
  1 32 prohibited under the bill.  A person who violates the bill is
  1 33 subject to a civil penalty in the amount of the expenditure of
  1 34 moneys from the general fund of the state used in violation of
  1 35 the bill.  
  2  1 LSB 5023YH 79
  2  2 pf/pj/5
     

Text: HF02055                           Text: HF02057
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