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BURZYNSKI.

(STEPHENS-BELLOCK-LYONS,EILEEN-MEYER)

   New Act                                                                     
   20 ILCS 2310/55.46-5 new                                                    
   210 ILCS 5/10f-5 new                                                        
   210 ILCS 85/7.5 new                                                         
   225 ILCS 60/22            from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22                        
   720 ILCS 5/12-35 new                                                        

        Creates  the  Human  Cloning  Act.   Prohibits   human   cloning.      
   Prohibits a person from purchasing or selling an ovum, zygote, embryo,      
   or  fetus  for  the  purpose  of  cloning  a human being.  Establishes      
   administrative  penalties   for   violation.      Amends   the   Civil      
   Administrative  Code  of  Illinois,  the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment      
   Center Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Medical  Practice  Act      
   of  1987.   Provides  for  the  revocation  of  various  licenses  for      
   violation of the Human Cloning Act.  Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.      
   Prohibits  a person from engaging in activity that involves the use of      
   a human somatic cell for the  process  of  producing  a  human  clone.      
   Penalty is a Class 4 felony.  Effective immediately.                        
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          20 ILCS 2310/55.46-5 new                                             
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          20 ILCS 2310/2310-330.5 new                                          
        Deletes everything.  Reinstates the substance of the  bill,  with      
   the  following  exceptions:  (1)  provides  that  nothing in the Human      
   Cloning Act restricts or prohibits biomedical research  using  cloning      
   technology  that  is  not  expressly  prohibited by the Act, including      
   cloning human  genes,  cells,  and  tissues;  (2)  provides  that  the      
   Attorney  General  rather  than the Director of Public Health may levy      
   administrative penalties for a violation of the Act; and (3)  provides      
   that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2005.  Effective immediately.        
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Changes the definition of "clone".  Includes in  the  definition,      
   to  create  using  human  somatic  cell nucleus transfer technology, a      
   human  being,  human  embryo,  or  human  fetus.   Provides  that  the      
   prohibition against cloning includes removal of the  nucleus  for  any      
   purpose  regardless  of  whether  or  not  the resulting product could      
   result in a human embryo, human fetus, or human being  and  regardless      
   of whether or not the cell is intended to be implanted into a womb and      
   may   or  may  not result in a pregnancy and a birth of a human being.      
   Provides that "clone" does not refer  to  duplicating  or  replicating      
   human DNA sequences, organs, tissues, or cells.                             
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Includes in the definition of "clone", an  attempt  to  create  a      
   human  being,  human  embryo,  or  human fetus.  Changes references of      
   implanting into a womb to implanting into a person.                         
   99-02-24  S  FIRST READING                                                  
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   99-02-24  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               EXECUTIVE             
   99-03-04  S       TO SUBCOMMITTEE                                           
   99-03-04  S                   COMMITTEE               EXECUTIVE             
   99-03-20  S  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A)    RULES                 
   99-05-26  S            RULED EXEMPT UNDER SENATE RULE 3-9(B)        SRUL    
   99-05-26  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               EXECUTIVE             
   00-02-10  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE     S    
   00-02-10  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   00-02-10  S       DO PASS AS AMENDED                  010-000-000   SEXC    
   00-02-10  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  00-02-15              
   00-02-15  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   00-02-15  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  00-02-16              
   00-02-24  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   057-001-000           
   00-02-24  H  ARRIVE IN HOUSE                                                
   00-02-24  H  HOUSE SPONSOR                            STEPHENS              
   00-02-24  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   00-02-24  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   00-03-09  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUD-CIVIL LAW         
   00-03-23  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H    
   00-03-23  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   00-03-23  H  DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE             011-000-000   HJUA    
   00-03-23  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   00-03-24  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS           
   00-03-24  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   00-03-24  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   00-03-24  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   00-03-24  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 BELLOCK               
   00-03-24  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 LYONS,EILEEN          
   00-03-28  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS           
   00-03-28  H  RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED                    HRUL/005-000-000      
   00-03-28  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   00-04-06  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS           
   00-04-06  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   00-04-06  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   00-04-06  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 MEYER                 
   00-04-07  H                                           3RD READING           
   00-04-07  H                                           DEADLINE EXTENDED     
   00-04-07  H                                           - APRIL 14, 2000      
   00-04-07  H  CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   00-04-14  H                                           FINAL PASSAGE         
   00-04-14  H                                           DEADLINE EXTENDED     
   00-04-14  H                                           UNTIL - 04/16/00      
   00-04-14  H  CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   00-04-15  H                                           FINAL PASSAGE         
   00-04-15  H                                           DEADLINE EXTENDED     
   00-04-15  H                                           UNTIL - 12/1/00       
   00-04-15  H  CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   00-12-01  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   01-01-09  S  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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