Senate Bill sb2304

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2304

    By Senator Geller





    31-1603-05                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to stem cell research; creating

  3         a stem cell research program; requiring the

  4         program to conform to certain ethical

  5         standards; providing an appropriation;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8         WHEREAS, stem cells are cells that have the remarkable

  9  potential to develop into many different cell types in the

10  body, theoretically dividing without limit to replenish other

11  cells for as long as the person or animal is alive, and

12         WHEREAS, when a stem cell divides, each daughter cell

13  has the potential to either remain a stem cell or become

14  another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as

15  a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell, NOW,

16  THEREFORE,

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

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20         Section 1.  There is hereby established a state stem

21  cell research program. The program shall use the ethical

22  guidelines published by the National Institutes of Health,

23  requiring that all cell lines be derived from the six existing

24  stem cell line embryos that were originally created for

25  fertility treatments.

26         Section 2.  The sum of $10 million is appropriated from

27  the General Revenue Fund to the stem cell research program.

28         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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