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1 | 1 | 81R3775 SJM-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Homer H.B. No. 1190 | |
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5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to prohibiting human cloning; providing a penalty. | |
8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | |
10 | 10 | amended by adding Chapter 174 to read as follows: | |
11 | 11 | CHAPTER 174. USE OF HUMAN CELLS AND TISSUE | |
12 | 12 | Sec. 174.001. HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE CLONING. (a) A person | |
13 | 13 | commits an offense if the person places in a woman's womb a human | |
14 | 14 | embryo created by a method other than fertilization. | |
15 | 15 | (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first | |
16 | 16 | degree. | |
17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |