HOUSE BILL No. 4901

June 8, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Meisner, Tobocman, Zelenko, Vagnozzi, Miller, Gonzales, Kathleen Law, Byrum, Plakas, Donigan, Hopgood, Condino, Farrah, Accavitti, Waters, Alma Smith, Murphy, Whitmer, Adamini, Lemmons, III and McConico and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 430a (MCL 750.430a), as added by 1998 PA 110.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 430a. (1) An individual shall not intentionally engage in

 

or attempt to engage in human cloning.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit scientific research or

 

cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that

 

subsection.

 

     (3) An individual who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a

 

felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than  10  15 years

 

or a fine of not more than $10,000,000.00, or both.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "human cloning" means that term

 

as defined in section 16274 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,


 

MCL 333.16274.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4900(request no.

 

00816'05).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4902(request no.

 

00817'05 a).