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Senate Amendment 5441

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the House amendment, S-5439, to Senate File
  1  2 2118, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
  1  3 as follows:
  1  4    #1.  By striking page 1, line 5, through page 2,
  1  5 line 45, and inserting the following:
  1  6    ""Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  707B.1  TITLE.
  1  7    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
  1  8 "Human Cloning Prohibition Act".
  1  9    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  707B.2  PURPOSE.
  1 10    It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit human
  1 11 cloning for any purpose, whether for reproductive
  1 12 cloning or therapeutic cloning.
  1 13    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  707B.3  DEFINITIONS.
  1 14    As used in this chapter, unless the context
  1 15 otherwise requires:
  1 16    1.  "Fetus" means a living organism of the species
  1 17 homo sapiens from eight weeks' development until
  1 18 complete expulsion or extraction from a woman's body,
  1 19 or until removal from an artificial womb or other
  1 20 similar environment designed to nurture the
  1 21 development of such organism.
  1 22    2.  "Human cloning" means human asexual
  1 23 reproduction, accomplished by introducing the genetic
  1 24 material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or
  1 25 unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been or will be
  1 26 removed or inactivated, to produce a living organism
  1 27 with a human or predominantly human genetic
  1 28 constitution.
  1 29    3.  "Human embryo" means a living organism of the
  1 30 species homo sapiens from the single-celled stage to
  1 31 eight weeks' development.
  1 32    4.  "Human somatic cell" means a cell having a
  1 33 complete set of chromosomes obtained from a living or
  1 34 deceased human organism of the species homo sapiens at
  1 35 any stage of development.
  1 36    5.  "Oocyte" means a human ovum.
  1 37    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  707B.4  HUMAN CLONING –
  1 38 PROHIBITIONS – EXCEPTIONS – PENALTY.
  1 39    1.  A person shall not intentionally or knowingly
  1 40 do any of the following:
  1 41    a.  Perform or attempt to perform human cloning.
  1 42    b.  Participate in performing or in an attempt to
  1 43 perform human cloning.
  1 44    c.  Transfer or receive a cloned human embryo for
  1 45 any purpose.
  1 46    d.  Transfer or receive, in whole or in part, any
  1 47 oocyte, human embryo, fetus, or human somatic cell,
  1 48 for the purpose of human cloning.
  1 49    2.  This section shall not restrict areas of
  1 50 scientific research not specifically prohibited,
  2  1 including in vitro fertilization; the administration
  2  2 of fertility-enhancing drugs; or research in the use
  2  3 of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to
  2  4 produce molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid, tissues,
  2  5 organs, plants, animals other than humans, or cells
  2  6 other than human embryos.
  2  7    3.  a.  A person who violates subsection 1,
  2  8 paragraph "a" or "b", is guilty of a class "C" felony.
  2  9    b.  A person who violates subsection 1, paragraph
  2 10 "c" or "d", is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
  2 11    4.  A person who violates this section in a manner
  2 12 that results in a pecuniary gain to the person is
  2 13 subject to a civil penalty in an amount that is twice
  2 14 the amount of the gross gain.
  2 15    5.  A person who violates this section and who is
  2 16 licensed pursuant to chapter 148, 150, or 150A is
  2 17 subject to revocation of the person's license.
  2 18    6.  A violation of this section is grounds for
  2 19 denial of an application for, denial of renewal of, or
  2 20 revocation of any license, permit, certification, or
  2 21 any other form of permission required to practice or
  2 22 engage in any trade, occupation, or profession
  2 23 regulated by the state.""
  2 24    #2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
  2 25 words "certain activities related to the use or
  2 26 destruction of the materials of human reproduction"
  2 27 and inserting the following:  "human cloning".
  2 28    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 29 
  2 30 
  2 31                               
  2 32 JOHN REDWINE 
  2 33 TOM FLYNN
  2 34 SF 2118.743 79
  2 35 pf/cls
     

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