SENATE BILL No. 651

 

 

June 18, 2009, Introduced by Senators GILBERT, VAN WOERKOM, JANSEN, KAHN, GEORGE, SANBORN, HARDIMAN, McMANUS, BIRKHOLZ, CASSIS, STAMAS, CROPSEY, BARCIA, OLSHOVE, GLEASON, KUIPERS, BASHAM and RICHARDVILLE 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) This subsection does not prohibit

 

scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically

 

prohibited by that under this subsection.

 

     (2) An individual shall not intentionally transport, attempt

 

to transport, or cause to be transported into this state a human

 

embryo created through human cloning.

 

     (3) An individual who violates subsection (1) this section is

 


guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10

 

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.