PLEASE NOTE: In most BUT NOT ALL instances, the page and line numbering of bills on this web site correspond to the page and line numbering of the official printed version of the bills.
------------------------------------------------------- ¦ REFERENCE TITLE: human cloning; prohibition ¦ ------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ State of Arizona ¦ ¦ House of Representatives ¦ ¦ Forty-fifth Legislature ¦ ¦ Second Regular Session ¦ ¦ 2002 ¦ ¦ ¦ ------------------------------------------------------- ¦ HB 2108 ¦ ------------------------------------------------------- ¦ Introduced by ¦ ¦ Representatives Huppenthal, Knaperek, Anderson: Graf ¦ -------------------------------------------------------
AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE 13, CHAPTER 37, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 13-3708; RELATING TO HUMAN CLONING.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3708, to read:
13-3708. Human cloning; civil penalty; classification; definitions
A. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON OR ENTITY TO KNOWINGLY DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. PERFORM OR ATTEMPT TO PERFORM HUMAN CLONING.
2. PARTICIPATE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERFORM HUMAN CLONING.
3. SHIP, RECEIVE OR IMPORT FOR ANY PURPOSE AN EMBRYO THAT WAS PRODUCED BY HUMAN CLONING OR ANY PRODUCT THAT WAS DERIVED FROM A CLONED EMBRYO.
B. THIS SECTION DOES NOT RESTRICT ANY AREA OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION, INCLUDING RESEARCH IN THE USE OF NUCLEAR TRANSFER OR OTHER CLONING TECHNIQUES TO PRODUCE MOLECULES, DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID, CELLS OTHER THAN HUMAN EMBRYOS, TISSUES, ORGANS, PLANTS OR ANIMALS OTHER THAN HUMANS.
C. IF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION INVOLVES THE DERIVATION OF A PECUNIARY GAIN, THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN THE AMOUNT THAT IS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF THE GROSS GAIN MULTIPLIED BY TWO IF THE AMOUNT IS GREATER THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
D. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS ___ FELONY.
E. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
1. "ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION" MEANS REPRODUCTION THAT IS NOT INITIATED BY THE UNION OF OOCYTE AND SPERM.
2. "HUMAN CLONING" MEANS HUMAN ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED BY INTRODUCING NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM ONE OR MORE HUMAN SOMATIC CELLS INTO A FERTILIZED OR UNFERTILIZED OOCYTE WHOSE NUCLEAR MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED OR INACTIVATED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A LIVING ORGANISM AT ANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THAT IS GENETICALLY VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO AN EXISTING OR PREVIOUSLY EXISTING HUMAN ORGANISM.
3. "SOMATIC CELL" MEANS A DIPLOID CELL THAT IS OBTAINED OR DERIVED FROM A LIVING OR DECEASED HUMAN BODY AT ANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.