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5	5		By Representative Rigsby
6	6		RFD: Judiciary
7	7		First Read: 04-Mar-25
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	12	+	5 ZAS3KWK-1 02/26/2025 GP (L)lg 2025-233
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14	14		First Read: 04-Mar-25
	15	+	SYNOPSIS:
	16	+	This bill would create the crime of human
	17	+	cloning and provide that a violation is a Class C
	18	+	felony.
	19	+	This bill would also provide that the
	20	+	prohibitions created by this act do not restrict
	21	+	certain scientific research and assisted reproductive
	22	+	treatment, provided that those practices do not involve
	23	+	human cloning.
15	24		A BILL
16	25		TO BE ENTITLED
17	26		AN ACT
18	27		Relating to human cloning; to create the crime of human
19	28		cloning; and to provide criminal penalties.
20	29		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21	30		Section 1. For the purposes of this act, the following
22	31		terms have the following meanings:
23	32		(1) EMBRYO. An organism of the species homo sapiens
24	33		from the single cell stage to eight weeks of development. This
25	34		term includes an embryo that is derived by fertilization,
26	35		parthenogenesis, human cloning, or any other means from one or
27	36		more human gametes or human diploid cells.
28		-	(2) FETUS. An organism of the species homo sapien from
29		-	eight weeks of development until complete expulsion or
30		-	extraction from a woman's body, removal from an artificial
31		-	womb, or other similar environment designed to nurture the
32		-	development of the organism.
33		-	(3) HUMAN CLONING. a. The process of human asexual
34		-	reproduction, accomplished by:
35		-	1. Introducing the genetic material from one or more
36		-	human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte
37		-	whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as
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	66	+	more human gametes or human diploid cells.
	67	+	(2) FETUS. An organism of the species homo sapien from
	68	+	eight weeks of development until complete expulsion or
	69	+	extraction from a woman's body, removal from an artificial
	70	+	womb, or other similar environment designed to nurture the
	71	+	development of the organism.
	72	+	(3) HUMAN CLONING. Human asexual reproduction,
	73	+	accomplished by:
	74	+	a. Introducing the genetic material from one or more
	75	+	human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte
67	76		whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as
68	77		to produce a living organism, at any stage of development,
69	78		that is genetically virtually identical to an existing or
70	79		previously existing human organism;
71		-	2. Artificially subdividing a human embryo at any time
	80	+	b. Artificially subdividing a human embryo at any time
72	81		from the two-cell stage onward resulting in more than one
73	82		human organism;
74		-	3. Introducing pluripotent stem cells from any source
	83	+	c. Introducing pluripotent stem cells from any source
75	84		into a human embryo or artificially manufactured human embryo
76	85		or trophoblast under conditions where the introduced cells
77		-	generate all or most of the body tissues of the
78		-	~~fully-developed living~~ organism; or
79		-	4. Genetically modifying human skin cells or organisms
	86	+	generate all or most of the body tissues of the developing
	87	+	organism; or
	88	+	d. Genetically modifying human skin cells or organisms
80	89		into viable oocyte or sperm with genetic material from the
81	90		same source as the oocyte or sperm used in reproduction to
82	91		create an embryo.
83		-	b. This term does not apply to in vitro fertilization,
84		-	the administration of fertility-enhancing drugs, or other
85		-	procedures used to assist a woman in becoming or remaining
86		-	pregnant, unless performed with specific intent to result in
87		-	the gestation or birth of a child genetically identical to
88		-	another embryo, fetus, or human being, living or dead.
89	92		(4) OOCYTE. The human female germ cell, the egg.
90	93		(5) SOMATIC CELL. A diploid cell, having a complete set
91	94		of chromosomes, obtained or derived from a living or deceased
92		-	human body at any stage of development.
93		-	Section 2. (a) A person commits the crime of human
94		-	cloning if the person intentionally does any of the following:
95		-	(1) Performs or attempts to perform human cloning.
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	124	+	of chromosomes, obtained or derived from a living or deceased
	125	+	human body at any stage of development.
	126	+	Section 2. (a) A person commits the crime of human
	127	+	cloning if the person intentionally does any of the following:
125	128		(1) Performs or attempts to perform human cloning.
126	129		(2) Participates in an attempt to perform human
127	130		cloning.
128	131		(3) Ships, transfers, or receives for any purpose an
129	132		embryo produced by human cloning.
130	133		(4) Ships, transfers, or receives, in whole or in part,
131	134		any oocyte, embryo, fetus, or human somatic cell for the
132	135		purpose of human cloning.
133	136		(b) A violation of this section is a Class C felony.
134		-	Section 3. This act does not restrict areas of
	137	+	Section 3. (a) This act does not restrict areas of
135	138		scientific research not specifically prohibited by this act,
136	139		including research into the use of nuclear transfer or other
137	140		cloning techniques to produce molecules, deoxyribonucleic
138	141		acid, cells other than embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or
139	142		animals other than humans.
	143	+	(b) This act does not apply to in vitro fertilization,
	144	+	the administration of fertility-enhancing drugs, or other
	145	+	procedures used to assist a woman in becoming or remaining
	146	+	pregnant, provided that the procedure is not specifically
	147	+	intended to result in the gestation or birth of a child who is
	148	+	genetically identical to another embryo, fetus, or human
	149	+	being, living or dead.
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161		-	Read for the first time and referred
162		-	to the House of Representatives
163		-	committee on Judiciary
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165		-	Read for the second time and placed
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169		-	Read for the third time and passed
170		-	as amended
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