House Journal: Page 1496: Friday, April 12, 2002
moved that the House concur in the following Senate amendment H-
8640, to the House amendment:
H-8640
1 Amend the House amendment, S-5439, to Senate File
2 2118, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
3 as follows:
4 1. By striking page 1, line 5, through page 2,
5 line 45, and inserting the following:
6 ""Section 1. NEW SECTION. 707B.1 TITLE.
7 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
8 "Human Cloning Prohibition Act".
9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 707B.2 PURPOSE.
10 It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit human
11 cloning for any purpose, whether for reproductive
12 cloning or therapeutic cloning.
13 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 707B.3 DEFINITIONS.
14 As used in this chapter, unless the context
15 otherwise requires:
16 1. "Fetus" means a living organism of the species
17 homo sapiens from eight weeks' development until
18 complete expulsion or extraction from a woman's body,
19 or until removal from an artificial womb or other
20 similar environment designed to nurture the
21 development of such organism.
22 2. "Human cloning" means human asexual
23 reproduction, accomplished by introducing the genetic
24 material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or
25 unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been or will be
26 removed or inactivated, to produce a living organism
27 with a human or predominantly human genetic
28 constitution.
29 3. "Human embryo" means a living organism of the
30 species homo sapiens from the single-celled stage to
31 eight weeks' development.
32 4. "Human somatic cell" means a cell having a
33 complete set of chromosomes obtained from a living or
34 deceased human organism of the species homo sapiens at
35 any stage of development.
36 5. "Oocyte" means a human ovum.
37 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 707B.4 HUMAN CLONING -
38 PROHIBITIONS - EXCEPTIONS - PENALTY.
39 1. A person shall not intentionally or knowingly
40 do any of the following:
41 a. Perform or attempt to perform human cloning.
42 b. Participate in performing or in an attempt to
43 perform human cloning.
44 c. Transfer or receive a cloned human embryo for
45 any purpose.
46 d. Transfer or receive, in whole or in part, any
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