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House Bill 1237c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997             CS/HB 1237

        By the Committee on Crime & Punishment and Representative
    Villalobos





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to cloning; prohibiting cloning

  3         of any human being in the state; providing a

  4         penalty; providing definitions; providing for

  5         genetic research, diagnosis, and therapeutic

  6         processes; establishing a genetic information

  7         resource committee; providing duties and

  8         membership; requiring a report; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  (1)  It shall be unlawful in this state to

14  clone or attempt to clone any human being.  A person who

15  clones or attempts to clone any human being commits a felony

16  of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

17  775.083, or s. 775.084, Florida Statutes.

18         (2)(a)  "Cloning a human being" means creating a new

19  individual by using the complete nuclear genetic material of

20  an existing human being to create a second genetic duplicate

21  of that human being.

22         (b)  "Cloning human DNA" means replication or copying

23  of a portion of a human being's genes or DNA for research,

24  diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes.

25         (c)  Cloning a human being does not include cloning

26  portions of human DNA for the purpose of molecular genetic

27  research, diagnosis, or therapeutic processes.  This act is

28  not intended to prohibit DNA research into any inherited

29  disorder, of which more than 3,000 are now known, including

30  cystic fibrosis, certain cases of breast cancer, and muscular

31  dystrophy.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997             CS/HB 1237

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  1         Section 2.  A genetic information resource committee is

  2  hereby established to advise the Florida Legislature on

  3  matters concerning human genetics and related research

  4  developments.  The committee shall include three members who

  5  are recognized experts in human or animal genetics from the

  6  three Florida universities with allopathic medical schools.

  7  The members shall be appointed for 3-year terms by the Vice

  8  President for Medical Affairs at each of the three

  9  universities, in consultation with any interested medical

10  association. In addition, the committee shall include two

11  ethicists who are recognized experts in medical ethics.  On or

12  before January 1, 1999, the committee shall submit a report to

13  the Legislature.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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